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Inmates At 5 Colorado Prisons Ill With Mysterious Virus
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| 4/20/14
Posted on 04/20/2014 9:50:57 PM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer
To: Avid Coug
Yep, I’m in the middle of it and have been to the Doctors twice this week. Symptoms run the gammet of flu like aches, low grade fever, then moves on like a head cold or sinus infection, then down to the chest. One whopper of a virus, they had to change my meds and give me two types of cough medicine.
I had a house full yesterday and was cooking all day, I also refused to hold my new granddaughter, I didn’t want to make her sick. Now I’m totally exhausted...
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posted on
04/21/2014 4:52:03 AM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes mandatory ... Thomas Jefferson)
To: null and void
Please add me to this ping list. Thanks.
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posted on
04/21/2014 5:20:37 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
To: entropy12
Yes, the hand washing is very important. I learned that years ago from my dear late mother. As she did, I wash my hands first thing upon returning home whenever I have been out in public, and I do not eat anything without washing my hands first.
In January, I had my first illness in years and years. Some sort of short-lived stomach bug, which I probably caught from my youngest grandson, whom I was babysitting at the time.
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posted on
04/21/2014 5:26:33 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
To: null and void
Please add me to the list as well.
If there is a good thing about this, it is that the timing is such that w/warmer wx now, more will be outside and NOT confined indoors (I know, not relative to the prison population in op but, in that scenario, I would have to go w/something common and foodborne.
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posted on
04/21/2014 5:28:42 AM PDT
by
PennsylvaniaMom
( Just because you are paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...)
To: tdscpa
Beat me to it! Maybe cookies.
NOTE TO SELF: When in Colorado selling AR and AK 30 round magazines out of the trunk, DO NOT eat local prepared food. Bring your own in cans!
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posted on
04/21/2014 6:44:33 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: Bigg Red
Done. It’s been kinda busy the past few days.
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posted on
04/21/2014 6:55:00 AM PDT
by
null and void
(...if you are too sure of your place in heaven you might be too arrogant to actually get there.)
To: ExSoldier
I could believe that. Perfect subject group.
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posted on
04/21/2014 6:55:59 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: PennsylvaniaMom
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posted on
04/21/2014 6:56:39 AM PDT
by
null and void
(...if you are too sure of your place in heaven you might be too arrogant to actually get there.)
To: Avid Coug
Any flu virus can leave you with pneumonia, that is why doctors prescribe anti biotics when you go in with the flu virus. It is to prevent bacterial pneumonia.
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posted on
04/21/2014 7:12:26 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: entropy12
I’m a hermit and rarely go anywhere; but the flu I got was airborne, and I got it two days after I did venture out to an official event I had to attend. And everyone around here had it, so it was likely inevitable. I agree, it is vital to wash hands after touching anything anyone has touched, if I do go out, I have home made hand sanitizer and use if frequently.
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posted on
04/21/2014 7:36:15 AM PDT
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little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: Ditter
With some bad flus such as swine flu, as with the 1918 flu, the virus can directly cause pneumonia, without the need of secondary bacterial infection.
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posted on
04/21/2014 10:30:18 AM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
To: null and void
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posted on
04/21/2014 11:38:33 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
To: Texicanus
Before I touch it, I lick it clean.
To: little jeremiah
Yes I am aware of that but any flu virus can open the door to bacterial pneumonia. Especially in the elderly.
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posted on
04/21/2014 1:01:28 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: little jeremiah
Absolutely some germs are airborne. I had jury duty several years ago and sat on the front row of about 300 people waiting to be called up. I kept hearing so many people behind me coughing but didn't think much of it. I did wash my hands when I got home but it did me no good, in a few days I had bronchial pneumonia and I have never been sicker in my life.
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04/21/2014 1:07:04 PM PDT
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Ditter
To: null and void
So there is a viral pneumonia circulating and has reached epidemic proportions in several prisons and they don’t know what they are dealing with? The veterinarians at Colorado State would have a handle on this quickly if it had been livestock. What is the problem?
To: vetvetdoug
Some animals are more equal than others?
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posted on
04/21/2014 5:25:24 PM PDT
by
null and void
(...if you are too sure of your place in heaven you might be too arrogant to actually get there.)
To: vetvetdoug
The problem is that life in prison sucks. Colorado provides pretty good health care for prisoners, but their capacity is very limited.
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posted on
04/24/2014 7:22:51 AM PDT
by
STYRO
(War sucks. Living in slavery sucks even worse.)
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