The Flu.

The ex wife called me many things but nothing this bad 🤣

But on a serious note it's a nasty one, tends not to floor you but it's pneumonia all the same, can be bad news if not treated, does seem to be popular on the illness bingo card this year.

I have two golf balls in my neck now ( swollen glands). No other symptoms only a bit of fatigue. Throat isn’t even sore. Just tender to touch neck. Odd! My Fitbit is telling me to take it easy.

if its mycoplasma pneumonia its not nearly as bad as other bacterial or viral pneumonias. Just drags on a long time. I didn’t take any meds and got over it ok. My son had it at same time - diagnosed with chest xray. He got antibiotics.

She is as sick as a dog and was before the wedding. The letter was given as she refused to go directly from GP to hospital. She is adamant that the meds will set her right quicker than a trip to A+E. Her stubborn insistence on going did her no favours and likely has spread whatever she has around quite a bit too.

Best to go to A&E even if it means weighing a few hours. The treatment you get, like intravenous meds, nebs, cortisone shots etc aid your recovery far quicker than oral antibiotics and steroids.

Chest x-ray, Ecg and all the other tests are useful too.

Have those "at least 15" people taken Covid tests?

How would they know it is Covid otherwise?

From the HSE website Covid is extremely scarce over the past few weeks (although it is increasing)

We've learned nothing from Covid, not surprising I suppose given the attention span and memory of the average idiot. Working from home is dying out in many places and dirty fcukers are going to workplaces and shops, coughing and sneezing all over each other having had a "meaningful Christmas" drinking and gluttoning.

IME healthcare workers are some of the worst offenders. The hospitals are bedlam and part of this will be due to careless, arrogant healthcare workers not adhering to IPC (infection prevention and control) procedures. Many don't bother getting vaccinated, also I've heard healthcare workers talking about getting antibiotics for their (viral) flu/cold because they're "dying" - yet somehow they're still fit enough to plan socialising for NYE.

I now understand more why we needed Covid restrictions and the likes of Bishop Holohan on the TV to continually tell us how to wipe our arses. Now remember to sing Happy Birthday to yourself while washing your hands.

😂😂😂ok Tony bugger off.covid lockdowns did more damage to public trust than he ever envisioned .

My brother came down with this (flu) on Christmas Day. He feels a bit more awake today, but it's a bad one (and for him to say that means something). The cough is horrendous - I was just on a video call with him and it was bad. One thing he noted was he couldn't eat at all. Struggling just to keep hydrated with water and cups of tea, and is going to try soup today. He went down to the pharmacy for paracetemol when he ran out (luckily there is one at the bottom of his apartment building) but he wore a mask (because he is not an inconsiderate cnut).

I got the vaccine in October, and I know it doesn't cover all strains, but I'll still be doing my best to avoid catching it.

Over 1000 hospitalised now with it and New Years gatherings tonight, not going to end well.

It struck me down on the 22nd or 23rd.

Lots of phlegm, sneezing, coughing, chills, and sweats. 3 Lemsips a day to help alleviate the symptoms, the odd sleeping tablet if the symptoms returned in the early hours of the morning. St. Stephen's Day was the worst.

I have no idea how I contracted it. I have only been in contact with family since the first week of December and no other family member is sick. I guess that's my punishment for being the only family member who didn't contract COVID.

Yeah the mucus is something else. I had it mild for days but last night the body-shaking cough and a fever arrived.

The health and safety at work act was updated last year in 2023 and employers are required to have sufficient fresh air in enclosed places of work. So that's every public building since somebody works there.

I really thought updating the health and safety regulations would put more pressure on employers not to allow sick employees in work as they are essentially contaminating the air and goes against the fresh air regulations for other workers.

I guess it might have to take a few lawsuits for things to change.

Very few people wear masks you could go to a shop for 5 minutes and get a cold from someone . Wear a mask if you go to ER or you pass it on to someone

it takes hours to see a doctor in ER if you go after 5pm

Numerous possibilities for me - the office (two days a week, and people were recently croaking and choking - I mean, why come in ffs?), Christmas drinks, restaurants, shops.

Been getting the flu jab since I got a really bad dose in 2018.

Besides getting covid last July and an acute respiratory virus early 2024 I haven't had even a sniffle since getting the jab.

Got the jab early November.

Came down with something 4 days ago.

Hasn't completely floored me but pains all over, weak, lose of appetite for normal food( hungry but only feel like eating Tayto)

Woke up this morning, bed completely soaked but feeling better.

Thought it was completely gone until I got out of bed and still feel a bit achy and weak.

No sore throat or cough thankfully but I reckon if I didn't get the jab I'd be seriously sick.

In my 50s with no ailments and I'd consider myself fit as a fiddle normally.

That's the thing I'm finding.

I think I'm not too bad and the next minute I feel as shook as a hand during a peace be with you at Mass.

People go into work when unwell because the employer demands it.

Call in sick before Christmas and your boss assumes Christmas booze up the night before or Christmas shopping.

My wife has had this since Sunday night, has been pretty much bedridden from it. Too tired to stand up but can’t lie flat either.

The fever is mad all right - you'd be drenched.

One thing I can't relate to is lack of appetite - it's making me really hungry, like my body is demanding energy. I don't get a sick stomach with a respiratory infection, thankfully (awful misery).

Yes Codinex, you must have a bad cough if that won’t shift it. I’d be going back to the doctor for something else. Best of luck with it and hope you see an improvement soon

The vast majority of jobs (shop workers, manufacturing, cleaners, social care, security nurses, teachers, guards etc) cannot work from home.