Are many of you under the weather?
Sep 20th 2014, 12:50 pm
#16
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Re: Are many of you under the weather?
you can't stay home though...not for three weeks
Very best wishes to all that have had or are about to get it
Yes, lots of kids here have got hand, foot and mouth....is this some new thing? I'd never heard of it till I came here?
Sep 20th 2014, 12:56 pm
#17
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Re: Are many of you under the weather?
Canadians are neurotic. They can't even have a sniffle without declaring that it's "flu season" and sending out Powerpoint presentations on how to sneeze and not touching door handles.
Sep 20th 2014, 1:43 pm
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Re: Are many of you under the weather?
Nope. I thought January was flu season.
Sep 20th 2014, 3:20 pm
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Re: Are many of you under the weather?
I came down with something last week (bad cough, cold and sore throat) but I put it down to hostel living, bad diet and exhaustion. Better this week though as I got rid of if through spicy food 
Sep 20th 2014, 3:56 pm
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Sep 20th 2014, 8:26 pm
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Re: Are many of you under the weather?
Generally peaks in Jan/Feb but can start as early as October and run as late as May.
It's apparently one of the oldest viral infections known.
http://www.questdiagnostics.com/dms/...er/2013_05.pdf
"Hand, Foot and Mouth disease (HFMD) is one of the oldest
viral infections known and was described in Egyptian hieroglyphs dating back to 1,400 BC. "
http://www.questdiagnostics.com/dms/...er/2013_05.pdf
"Hand, Foot and Mouth disease (HFMD) is one of the oldest
viral infections known and was described in Egyptian hieroglyphs dating back to 1,400 BC. "
Sep 20th 2014, 9:28 pm
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Re: Are many of you under the weather?
Sep 20th 2014, 9:40 pm
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Re: Are many of you under the weather?
When I was working, I was above the weather, now I get stuck under it!
Sep 20th 2014, 9:45 pm
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Re: Are many of you under the weather?
I've not had anything for a good 14 months when I got caught up in the super storm and kept my wet clothes on.
Sep 20th 2014, 10:05 pm
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Re: Are many of you under the weather?
Sounds to me like you're a slacker. If you'd done the groundwork and made the effort to come in rat-arsed and hungover every day they'd have become habituated to it by now. The aroma of stale Cointreau fumes would almost be a familiar comfort to them in the morning meeting.
Sep 21st 2014, 1:19 am
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Re: Are many of you under the weather?
I've had gastritis since April, missed two days, both for medical appointments. Do I get a prize?
Sep 21st 2014, 2:45 am
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Re: Are many of you under the weather?
They should change it to, "don't come into work if you're feeling under the weather because of a bacterial, viral or protist-induced illness".
Sep 21st 2014, 3:01 am
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Re: Are many of you under the weather?
Damn it. Just got the cough. Winter is bloody here. 
Sep 21st 2014, 1:13 pm
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Sep 21st 2014, 2:15 pm
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