Sad, very, very sad.................................
Mysterious
That is really really scary.
RIP.
The 1918 “Spanish” flu pandemic also killed mostly young adults. That pandemic was one of the worst in all of human history, but is nearly forgotten now. Woodrow Wilson severely mishandled the epidemic because of his misadventure in getting us involved in what was a European war.
I meant to say this in yesterday’s thread (about the other couple), but didn’t.
There are a lot of (ahem) mature people on FR. This bug that’s going around is a killer. Given the hype and hysteria we’ve seen over the last several years for other things (SARS, bird flu, etc), I’m surprised (or maybe not) that we’re not hearing the same hype over this.
But seriously. Don’t mess with this stuff. It will kill you, and even if it doesn’t, you will take months to recover. I’ve lost a family member to this, and nearly lost a couple of older friends, and a few co-workers.
One of those friends still hasn’t fully recovered, and probably never will.
Do not go swimming.
Too many unknown factors at work. I don’t care if it is a ocean, Lake, spring, pond, or a chlorine filled swimming pool.
It is a death trap.
should have eaten at dave lister’s green-hat hotdog stand...he would give them some wet look knitwear