Boston Declares Health Emergency Due To Massive Flu Outbreak 316
skade88 writes "Boston has seen 10 times more flu cases this year than last. They are now up to 700 cases and counting, with 18 deaths in the city. The city of Boston has declared a public health emergency in the wake of the epidemic. 'The CDC said the proportion of people visiting health care providers with flu-like symptoms climbed from 2.8 percent to 5.6 percent in four weeks. By contrast, the rate peaked at only 2.2 percent during the relatively mild 2011-2012 flu season. The estimated rate of flu-related hospitalizations in the U.S. was 8.1 per 100,000 people, which is high for this time of year, according to Dr. Joe Bresee, chief of the epidemiology and prevention branch of the CDC’s influenza division. The agency’s next advisory will be issued Friday.' As previously discussed on Slashdot it would also be nice for your friends and coworkers for you to stay home if you are sick."
Re:Good Advice (Score:4, Funny)
Who pays for the doctor visit? Also I now have to drag myself to a doctor's office and wait for who knows how long, rather than resting in bed?
Damn right - I self-diagnose myself over the internet. (Resting in bed right now with a bad case of leprosy compounded by Muelenbach syndrome. Don't worry though - I'll be fine on Monday).
Re:Good Advice (Score:4, Funny)
Ever put the Nyquil *in* the chicken soup? Yeah, bad fevers make the most horrid ideas seem like bright and shiny inventive genius. :-)
Once again! (Score:3, Funny)
We have another opportunity for the flu shot fascists to espouse their message of authority over individual rights, and perhaps some of the zealots who feel these shots are an affront to their deeply held beliefs? Bring forth the flu shot pseudoscience conjecture from both sides of the debate! Please, this time, explain how your sources established a large enough pool and maintained control of subjects to avoid contamination for a proper experiment! I bet our fascists have great suggestions on how we could better control unwilling medical experiment subjects taken from the peasantry! Please, I need a good laugh.
Nexion
Re:Good Advice (Score:5, Funny)
Sound like you have hypochondria. Take two placebos and call me maybe.
Re:Good Advice (Score:4, Funny)
One time with the flu I drank a NyQuil capful of chicken soup and a bowlful of NyQuil. Fun times. The taste, though, the taste still haunts me...