Are you immune to flu?
Nov 1st 2018, 3:42 pm
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Re: Are you immune to flu?
Though not wearing a seatbelt when you are in the backseat is a danger to the people in front as you fly from your seat into the front seat passengers.
I've always been told that if there's "snot it's not" flu. A feverish cold or somesuch.
I always used to be a martyr to chest infections and bronchitis but a few years ago I had pneumococcal infection vaccines, Prevnar 13 and 23, and since then I've had only mild coughs and splutters. I'm a fan.
I've always been told that if there's "snot it's not" flu. A feverish cold or somesuch.
I always used to be a martyr to chest infections and bronchitis but a few years ago I had pneumococcal infection vaccines, Prevnar 13 and 23, and since then I've had only mild coughs and splutters. I'm a fan.
When I was younger child and teen years, I would get bronchitis often, it was a chronic issue. Once I moved out it stopped. I think it was likely connected to 2nd hand smoke as my mom smoked.
Nov 1st 2018, 4:25 pm
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A quick google on flu deaths Canada and flu deaths UK, and going no further than the results page shows the following.
It is estimated that influenza causes approximately 12,200 hospitalizations and 3,500 deaths in Canada each year.
n the UK it is estimated that an average of 600 people a year die from complications of flu.
It's no wonder there's more push in North America. Nearly 6 times as many deaths in Canada from half the population. Must be close to 12 times as likely to have flu kill you in Canada.
Nov 1st 2018, 5:28 pm
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I'd stick with the advice from the US President
Nov 1st 2018, 5:49 pm
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I've looked at this before and bad effects of Flu (just like workplace injuries) in Canada seems far greater than the UK.
A quick google on flu deaths Canada and flu deaths UK, and going no further than the results page shows the following.
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No clear reference to how many hospitalisations in the UK and there are exceptional years for deaths (presumably in both countries) but an average for Canada of 3500 when the UK with near double the population has an average of 600.
It's no wonder there's more push in North America. Nearly 6 times as many deaths in Canada from half the population. Must be close to 12 times as likely to have flu kill you in Canada.
A quick google on flu deaths Canada and flu deaths UK, and going no further than the results page shows the following.
I
No clear reference to how many hospitalisations in the UK and there are exceptional years for deaths (presumably in both countries) but an average for Canada of 3500 when the UK with near double the population has an average of 600.
It's no wonder there's more push in North America. Nearly 6 times as many deaths in Canada from half the population. Must be close to 12 times as likely to have flu kill you in Canada.
CDC says this about the US:
"influenza kills between 12,000 and 49,000 people and can send more than 700,000 people to the hospital, the CDC says."
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...7-2018-n881381
Nov 1st 2018, 7:36 pm
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