Swine Flu and You

[tijuanatim]

Hey everyone, it's been a while but my router is finally working and I am back, not that you missed me... now Im sad.

I did an admittadly quick search and didnt see any topic like this one, but I apologize if this is a repeat thread. If it is a repeat I invite the Admins to lock/delete/merge this thread.

I was just curious if anyone here at The Escapist has contracted Swine Flu or knows anyone who has. I have 3 friends who have gotten it in Saint Louis and Columbia Missouri. They were heavily medicated and quarantined to their apartments for a few days, but they all made full recoveries. How about you? I am especially interested in my international Escapists. Is Swine Flu a cause of panic in Europe or Australia?

 

[Optimus Hagrid]

I know lots of people who had it, and I doubt my life would have gone any different swine flu or not.

 

[QuirkyTambourine]

I know a few kids who got it here (ah the wonder of dorm life) but our school offers the vaccine so I'm not worried. Besides, apparently it's not much different from a common cold.

 

[Stoic raptor]

I know 1 person who got the swine flu.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

meh, been an outbreak at my college, and now me and my friend are mysteriously ill...
Probably just a cold, though. I hope.

 

[Cody211282]

There are people in my town who have had it but noone i know, honestly i sort of wish i would get it so i could tell people its not that big of a deal

 

[Metric Monkey]

I know two people who had it, but they both told me "It's not that bad"
So no one's really worried. As for internationally, I have no idea.

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

I'm getting over it right now, and my entire school is getting it... Probably from me. My bad, school. Of course, I got it from my little brother, so I'll just blame him.

 

[Simalacrum]

I know several people who got it, and were cured of it. Theres a rumour going around my school right now that a 2nd wave of it is spreading through us, due to several students going down with "severe flu-like symptoms"

 

[Armored Prayer]

Nope, no one I know has it.

There's only been one case of it in a town nearby mines, but thats it.

 

[Hexadecimal]

My friend's maid contracted it, poor girl.

 

[hungoverbear]

i know some people who have had it, but honestly its really nothing to worry about. More people have died from the normal flu than from swine flu.

 

[Zaldin]

Don't know anyone who's got it so far, but my mother works with at the local doctor's so she will probably get it at some point, so gogo good natural resistance =D!

 

[GodsAndFishes]

I know several people who got it, and were cured of it. Theres a rumour going around my school right now that a 2nd wave of it is spreading through us, due to several students going down with "severe flu-like symptoms"

So now students must put up with swine AND freshers flu?!?!?

 

[AndresCL]

Overrated, already happened here back in June/July and it was allright (only already sick or very weak pepole died) and its this swine flu is even weaker than the regular flu

 

[clicketycrack]

I've already had it. I certainly felt like shit, but it really wasn't that bad.

 

[DigitalSushi]

I had it, was alright, its just like a flu without feeling like shit for 6 weeks, I'd go as far and say that swine flu isn't as bad as the normal flu.

I then got myself chicken pox, so I felt like shit for that.

 

[afaceforradio]

Hey everyone, it's been a while but my router is finally working and I am back, not that you missed me... now Im sad.

I did an admittadly quick search and didnt see any topic like this one, but I apologize if this is a repeat thread. If it is a repeat I invite the Admins to lock/delete/merge this thread.

I was just curious if anyone here at The Escapist has contracted Swine Flu or knows anyone who has. I have 3 friends who have gotten it in Saint Louis and Columbia Missouri. They were heavily medicated and quarantined to their apartments for a few days, but they all made full recoveries. How about you? I am especially interested in my international Escapists. Is Swine Flu a cause of panic in Europe or Australia?

I had it. I was off work for just under two weeks - the symptoms are like normal flu, but I felt slightly worse and had alot less appetite. Unless you have something already wrong with you, it's just a flu, nowt to worry about.

 

[LockHeart]

Nope, I have not had any contact with it, and nor have any of the people I know...

 

[EeveeElectro]

Half my drama class got it, including teacher.
I'm always ill though, so I'm not bothered