This is fascinating. I am on my fourteenth day of fighting what I am certain was the flu. I have been feeling pretty good for the past five days or so, but still have a bit of a cough and my voice is shot. Considering my level of health and fitness (I consider myself to be very healthy), I would hate to think how this would have affected me if I were still an overweight smoker! No wonder it is so deadly for the weak and elderly.
Canton... I wonder if that is where the research starts with the pharma company I worked for? I know they start their research in the same place each year and then follow the bug and study it until they come up with the vaccine. That is Roche Pharmaceuticals, by the way, and here's their page on the flu(of course geared toward selling their flu medication, TamiFlu):http://www.flufacts.com/symptoms/
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Date: 2008-02-01 03:52 am (UTC)Canton... I wonder if that is where the research starts with the pharma company I worked for? I know they start their research in the same place each year and then follow the bug and study it until they come up with the vaccine. That is Roche Pharmaceuticals, by the way, and here's their page on the flu(of course geared toward selling their flu medication, TamiFlu):http://www.flufacts.com/symptoms/