# Bring out your dead: flu/URI roll call **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 24, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090 "2017-01-24T23:34:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/21 "2017-01-26T05:27:31Z")
I’ve got some yucky leurgy. Me and my husband both had runny noses a week ago, and both seemed to shake it off in a few days. He’s fine, but now, as of about 4 days ago, I have a horrid sore throat, up really high (tonsillitis? pharyngitis?) which makes it hard to swallow anything. This is particularly tough since I’m in the tropics, and staying hydrated requires a LOT of fluid intake. I keep waking up feeling the same or worse. Taking lots of painkillers and using an anti-inflammatory throat spray is keeping me fairly functional. How many more days??? ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/22 "2017-01-26T06:03:41Z")
Eight kids out of 22 were absent from my daughter’s kindergarten class on Monday. Better believe I’ve been on my knees every evening PRAYING we don’t get it. Puget Sound area. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/23 "2017-01-26T14:10:05Z")
I got hit by something hard on New Year’s Day… took the best meds I had in the cupboard, got a lot of sleep… and was more or less okay the next day. (Does the flu shot sometimes work that way, that you still get symptoms but bounce back quickly?) ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/24 "2017-01-26T15:33:00Z")
Confirmation bias and all that …but it seems that there’s a bit of an epidemic going on. I’m on day five of the plague and about a third of my campus dept are either out or the walking dead :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/25 "2017-01-26T16:17:51Z")
I had my first symptoms on December 27 (first day of wintersession), and only recently shook the last of it. Lots of coughing and phlegm, along with some nausea and diarrhea after the first week. Steroids helped; so did the antibiotics the doctor prescribed during my second visit, so I’m not certain it was the flu. (I also got the flu shot.) My wife and officemate also both had nasty URIs. Many of my wintersession students, too. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/26 "2017-01-26T18:33:19Z")
I had what seemed to be a mild 2 weeks before Christmas that lasted about a week, then it settled into my sinuses and lungs for a cough like I haven’t had since I quit smoking. That lasted about a week, then I was suddenly almost completely better, with the sinus crud lingering a little bit longer. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/27 "2017-01-26T18:34:32Z")
Kansas City area. Two weeks ago, my two-year-old grandson was diagnosed with influenza A. My wife had been with him the day before he was diagnosed, and, of course, got sloppy kisses from him. About 2 days after he was diagnosed and was on the mend, my daughter (his mother) came down with it. It seemingly came on her in a matter of minutes … we had put in a takeout order at a restaurant and were waiting for it to come out. We were standing there chatting and then she looked at me and said, “Woah, I feel like I just got run over!” My wife did not get a flu shot this season because she was just diagnosed with an allergy to eggs, and the flu virus is made with eggs or egg parts. Today, she just told me that she is feeling yucky. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/28 "2017-01-26T19:35:53Z")
My doctor told me that the flu shot was “partially effective” this year. Better to have gotten than not, but not wholly preventative. Lots of people in their office who have “milder” cases (her words) of the flu who also received shots. I have a fever today (day 3) and am still on Tamflu. We all got shots. My son seems to be almost through it, a week later. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/29 "2017-01-26T19:45:39Z")
Lately my colds have been presaged by huge malaise: I can drink a whole bottle of wine during the malaise and not feel buzzed at all. But no other symptoms than simply feeling like crap until the cough and/or sniffles start the next day. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/30 "2017-01-26T20:11:25Z")
My Mom and I have something. She thinks it started with my nephew from Minnesota when the whole family was visiting Florida. Now we’re spreading it throughout Florida, Massachusetts, and Minnesota. And yes we had flu shots. Symptoms: Very tired and bad cough. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/31 "2017-01-26T20:12:11Z")
I skipped it but my whole family got two days of fever and chills followed by a nasty cough. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/32 "2017-01-26T22:24:58Z")
On day five of this shit. Coughing and fever, and am too tired to do anything. I can tell I’ve lost a few pounds. It’s made its way through our house. We all had flu shots. –Sick in Seattle ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/33 "2017-01-26T23:59:32Z")
Jeez, guys, I haven’t been nearly as sick as you’re reporting in. I don’t have squidlets (unless you count my 115 college students – many of whom are sick), how miserable to have the whole family plague-ridden. My thoughts and coughs are with you. :D:D ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/34 "2017-01-27T00:16:21Z")
Can we blame you for bringing up the topic? 😛 (I kid. I blame the children.) ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/35 "2017-01-27T02:34:06Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > Jeez, guys, I haven’t been nearly as sick as you’re reporting in. I don’t have squidlets (unless you count my 115 college students – many of whom are sick), how miserable to have the whole family plague-ridden. > > My thoughts and coughs are with you. :D:D My winter class was basically The Flu Session. It came through in waves but just about everyone got it. ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/36 "2017-01-27T03:15:18Z")
I got it a couple of days before Xmas, the cough is still hanging on ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090/37 "2017-01-27T03:17:09Z")
Still not better. Dr appointment soon. Throat swab to check for strep? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-out-your-dead-flu-uri-roll-call/778090.md?page=1)