Low flu rate

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  20 February 2014     12:42261295
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  some good has come out of this wet winter, i've not even had a cold yet.
  
  
  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2563625/Doctors-puzzled-cases-flu-UK-hit-time-low-rates-winter-comparable-typical-summer-levels.html
• Guest 977

  • Registered: 27 Jun 2013
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  20 February 2014     14:34261299
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  I know loads of people, me included, who've had a sore throat that develops into a cough which according to the docs will usually take 6-8 weeks to clear up - I'm just entering week 6.
  
  Maybe it's throat flu.
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  20 February 2014     15:53261303
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  i have heard people complaining about bugs they have picked up but don't know of anyone actually laid up.
  
  a real bonus for our over-stretched hospitals.