# The flu thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flu-thread/807068>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 20, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flu-thread/807068 "2018-01-20T19:19:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flu-thread/807068/41 "2018-01-26T19:33:59Z")

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I’ll definitely be glad when this flu season wraps up. I moonlight right now in a medical office, so I figure that’s where I picked it up, as I’m currently the only one in my household to have had the flu. I have two little kids at home, so I’m extra paranoid and worried, and therefore am taking insane-level precautions at work these days. I literally haven’t touched my kids or even come within two feet of them in a week. So far, so good, and I think I’m basically better. Maybe I’ll pat my son on the head tonight.

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