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Posted on 01/25/2026 6:58:36 PM PST by Java4Jay
For the week ending Dec. 27, the CDC reported that nearly 1 in 10 outpatient visits nationwide — 8.2% — were for flu-like illnesses. That’s the highest logged since the CDC started tracking such visits in 1997. The flu has accounted for more than 11 million illnesses this season and 120,000 hospitalizations.
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Can this supplement help you get over the super flu? (NAC)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4360553/posts
I do my best to avoid physical human interaction.
Boy, I bet we would all like to go back about 5 years or so when the country had no cases of flu at all. [/s]
Will the great AI save the day?
It is nasty and takes a while in which to recover.
This article is behind a pay wall - which I’m not interested in paying.
Questions:
Does this report mention the AGE of people getting the flu? We ARE an aging population that is NOT ‘replacing’ itself as well as we should be.
So, is it older folks getting the flu, as they’re more likely to in the first place?
How are things in the nursing homes these days?
[One of the Keys to Avoiding Hospitalization]
Stay far away from Mass Murderer Anthony Fauci
and his criminal gang of co-conspirators?
The shot destroyed a lot of immune systems.
Daily maskerbation?
I don't know, but I have been taking it occasionally. Hopefully it at least partially minimizes your chance of getting the flu.
I have also ignored many and gotten the flu vaccine, as I do each year. It isn't as good a match as usual this year, but it has been shown to still be very preferable to doing without.
I caught some sort of mild flu around Xmas Eve, after working my Caregiving shift for disabled adults. It stubbornly hung on until last week. Mostly sloppy sneezing and noisy coughing to clear breathing. I didn’t take much for it. Did eat a lot of hot homemade soup.
Was that flu “Super”? Who knows? All I can say is it’s now over & out!
Hi Diana, I'm 82 and I got something this year for the first time in about 25 years. Whatever it was/is, I felt like it kept relapsing. I got it about 10 days before Christmas....This is the longest (about 5 days now) I've been feeling good without a relapse since before Christmas.
I didn't go to the doctor. I did get the flu shot in september.
Zinc helps.
NOT behind a pay wall
LOL ...
FTA ...
... Early treatment with prescription antivirals can shorten the length and severity of the flu and avoid dangerous hospitalizations or trips to the Emergency room.
That’s why many families choose to keep The Wellness Company’s Contagion Emergency Kit on hand.
It includes physician-prescribed antiviral options — including Tamiflu, when appropriate — so treatment can begin at the first sign of illness, not days later after pharmacy delays or packed urgent care visits.
When flu hits hard, timing can make a real difference. ...
Maybe avoiding the ChyNah virus $hots would’ve helped, too!
I did get the flu shot in september.
😱 🙃
It’s the flu, bro.
unfortunately, tamiflu is the least effective of the four approved anti-flu antivirals and has the worse side-effects ...
baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) appears to be the most effective one with the least side-effects ...
oh, and the best ones only shorten symptoms by about a day ...
grok sez:
“Among them, baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) stands out in recent comparisons (including studies and reviews from 2024–2026) as often having the best balance of efficacy and minimal side effects for many patients, particularly in otherwise healthy outpatients.
Key ComparisonsEfficacy (e.g., time to symptom relief, fever duration, viral load reduction):
Baloxavir is a single oral dose and frequently shows faster viral clearance and comparable or slightly better symptom relief than oseltamivir (especially for influenza B).
Multiple meta-analyses and head-to-head studies indicate baloxavir shortens symptom duration and fever more effectively than oseltamivir in some populations (e.g., children, certain adults), with similar overall efficacy in others.
Oseltamivir (5-day course) remains highly effective and is the most studied/long-established option.
Zanamivir (inhaled) and peramivir (IV) are alternatives but typically reserved for specific cases (e.g., inability to take oral meds).
Side Effects (generally mild across all, but differences exist):Baloxavir: Lowest reported rates overall — mainly mild diarrhea or nausea in a small percentage of people; fewer GI complaints than oseltamivir in many comparisons.
Oseltamivir: Most common side effects are nausea and vomiting (can be reduced by taking with food); slightly higher adverse event rates in some network meta-analyses.
Zanamivir: Respiratory side effects possible (e.g., bronchospasm in those with airway disease); not ideal for some patients.
Peramivir: Generally well-tolerated but IV administration limits outpatient use.
Baloxavir is often described as convenient (one dose), with a low risk of side effects and strong performance against both influenza A and B. However, no single drug is universally “the most effective” for every person — factors like influenza type (A vs. B), patient age/health status, resistance patterns, and timing matter.
Oseltamivir is still the CDC’s go-to recommendation in many guidelines due to extensive experience, broad approval (including very young children), and reliability against strains with reduced baloxavir susceptibility.
Important caveats:
Antivirals provide modest benefits (typically shortening illness by about 1 day in healthy people) and are most valuable for high-risk groups (e.g., elderly, pregnant, immunocompromised, severe cases).”
Knock on wood, no flu in many decades. I think it is daily exercise for 30 minutes. During covid years, I got covid symptoms after visiting a hospital but never got fever. Only tired feeling for a day and half and dry cough for a week. I had 3 jabs of experimental vax.
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