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In reply to the discussion: It Occurs to Me. I Have Not Had a Cold or Flu for Over a Year [View all]JoeOtterbein
(7,869 posts)35. Your headline reminds me of the insurance commercial about "becoming your parents".
In any other times.
But now I think we need a bit of learning about "airborne illness" like small pox, measles, the normal flu, and now COVID.
All the above can be contracted by sharing air. So don't do it with the ill, or strangers.
Thanks of it as "air hygiene".
It really is that simple.
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When the cypress trees were shedding pollen, there were some sneezes, even masked.
GoneOffShore
May 2021
#47
Your anecdote is reflected in the statistics. Colds and flu down. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2021
#27
I've read that flu cases are down HUGELY this past season relative to previous.
lastlib
May 2021
#34
Your headline reminds me of the insurance commercial about "becoming your parents".
JoeOtterbein
May 2021
#35
The flu essentially went extinct in New Zealand following the six week lockdown.
meadowlander
May 2021
#44