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Ikonoklast

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10. Except many people with a common cold use flu remedies.

Reply to GreenStormCloud (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 01:42 PM

Oct 2013

Because they think one is the same as the other, they confuse a cold with getting influenza, and think the medicines used to fight one also works on the other.

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What If a Flu Breaks Out When CDC Can�t Track It? [View all] xchrom Oct 2013 OP

Oh whatever. A little flu never killed anyone. progressoid Oct 2013 #1

Sure. That's a states'-rights issue. Orsino Oct 2013 #19

Twitter, Facebook, CVS and Walgreens will know first FarCenter Oct 2013 #2

sounds like a bunch of horseshit. nt xchrom Oct 2013 #4

Why? Sounds reasonable to me. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #5

DIY epidemiology analysis xchrom Oct 2013 #7

Except many people with a common cold use flu remedies. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #10

Could Facebook Warn You Before You Get the Flu? FarCenter Oct 2013 #6

it sounds like the USA is forgetting the melm00se Oct 2013 #9

Yep. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #12

Epidemiologists studying exactly that seem to disagree with you, but hey. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2013 #15

epidemiologists know what the fuck they're looking at, but hey...nt xchrom Oct 2013 #20

Thank you for agreeing with me! (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2013 #21

It's already breaking out. lonestarnot Oct 2013 #3

Beat me to it! graywarrior Oct 2013 #8

That's actually Cancer. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #11

Ooohhh, sorry! graywarrior Oct 2013 #13

You say Tea Party', I say ' Cancer'...both are virulent blights on humanity. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #14

NOW we're getting clear! graywarrior Oct 2013 #17

I'd describe the Tea Party more in terms of projectile Tourette's. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2013 #16

Maybe we can ask the WHO to step in. kentauros Oct 2013 #18