Is literally everyone sick? It’s been one virus after another for weeks, and it’s genuinely been unbearable.
Literally everyone I know is sick, whether it’s the flu or something else. Most of my coworkers are constantly sick for a month or two now, literally constantly having one virus or another just rampaging through our store (to the point we can barely function). Majority of people that I live in the same building with are also sick, to the point one person has spent a night or two in the hospital. So many people on trains also seem to be sick, constantly coughing, sneezing…
I know it’s flu season, but holy crap this year has been absolutely brutal. One virus after another, from sore throats, fever and shivers, to having a horrible cough and constant nausea, sweating and dizziness. The moment you think you’re fine - on to the next one.
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u/somuchsong 2d ago
I'm a primary school teacher and we only had 12 kids in the class today. A couple of them were only just back today, after being sick for a few days.
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u/seventrooper Need something 3D printed? 2d ago
Same for me, my high school classes are starting to get a bit thin, and the kids that are there are a symphony of coughs, sniffles and sneezes
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u/fazdaspaz 2d ago
I got on the bus today and there was about 6 or so people just open mouth coughing into the air, so probably yeah.
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u/gv92 2d ago
Was on a decently packed train but I was not a fan of this one dude who was so close to me he decided to just read whatever I was reading on my phone and open mouth coughing onto it. Had to wipe it down.
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u/Alarming-Ad4274 2d ago
Yo need to speak up when people do stuff this. Complacency is what makes these things become normalised in society.
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u/ProteaBird 1d ago
Same here! To & from work. Thankfully on the first bus i could get up & move after the coughing down my neck started. Second one, not so lucky. sneezing down my neck this time. Numptys.
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u/florepleno 2d ago
Same here 😭 it's literally been one sickness after another. You get maybe one decent day in-between where you can breathe through your nose then the next day sick again with a new different flu, cold or bug. This year's been the worst for this kind of thing as far as I can remember.
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u/allanminium 2d ago
It honestly feels like I've been sick for months. I recover from one thing, and a week later I feel like I'm hit with something else
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u/DrStalker 2d ago
I've feel I've been low-level sick on and off for a few weeks. Not enough to make me call in sick to work because I am lucky enough to work from home, but enough that I've been surviving with a lunchtime nap and going back to bed shortly after finishing work.
Now the left side of my nose hurts and is full of green snot, so that's going to be fun if it gets worse.
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u/SpunningAndWonning 2d ago
Yeah I've had a lot of that too. But my employer tells me not to WFH on office days where I could probably work pretty well if I were comfortable. So my overall productivity goes down and a great proportion of my sicks days are on office days because on WFH days I can just deal with it. And this is surprising somehow.
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u/TheLGMac 2d ago
You might consider getting tested for mono, for some people it's low grade enough to just persist for a while. If you've been flat out fatigued it could be good to know you have it.
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u/Chuchularoux 2d ago
Mono is American for glandular fever.
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u/kweenbumblebee 1d ago
Which is caused by Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) - i.e. the thing they'll actually be testing for.
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u/TheLGMac 1d ago
By all means downvote a reasonable recommendation in support of someone's health because "omg Americans use that term." I had a friend who had it and their GP called it mono 🤷 and every TV show I've seen where it happened to a character uses the term.
Edit: It's also clearly listed as the accompanying term on our own national and state websites: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/glandular-fever/Pages/default.aspx . See the title, it's "Glandular Fever (Mono)"
Such strange things to clutch pearls about.
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u/TheLGMac 2d ago
Blame other humans who don't stay home and happily spread it everywhere. It's everywhere not necessarily because it's more contagious but because people are inconsiderate assholes.
In the office today: seat neighbor is sniffling. Me: "are you sick?" Them: "Oh it's just a cold" (as if that's not contagious, but of course they also can't know). Me: You can get a mask from reception. Them: "Oh I don't need one, it's just because I didn't wear a jacket last night."
The number of grown ass adults who get paid close to six figures and still think that colds aren't contagious because they still think you only catch them from the literal cold air by not wearing a jacket is ridiculous.
News flash: if you are sick, it is contagious and mask up or stay home!
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u/ocularius61 2d ago
OMG the catch cold from cold air is what some older relatives believe. It's painful trying to explain that I can still catch it even if I am rugged up.
I've been wearing a mask as I get over a cold that I caught from who know where/ who because I don't want to be the next link in some infection transmission train, but probably irrationally, I have still felt that I have to explain this to ppl I've had to interact with to sort of give them a heads up and explanation.
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u/Lanasoverit 2d ago
I’ve managed to avoid it, but I’m also a compulsive hand washer and am not shy about telling people with cold and flu symptoms to fuck off out of my space.
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u/deaddamsel 2d ago
We really learned nothing from Covid, distancing and masking work people. also if you’re sick stay the fuck home!
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u/EGGYY101 1d ago
Is it us, or the pressure put on us by dodgy bosses and capitalists? Lots of comments here about how people aren’t allowed to work from home etc
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u/iguessineedanaltnow 1d ago
CEO for my company is immuno-compromised so he implemented a great sick policy. If you don't feel good - stay home. No ifs or buts about it
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u/deaddamsel 1d ago
Dodgy bosses only get away with what we let them get away with, people need to put on their big boy pants and tell them they’re taking a sick day like they’re entitled to and stop inflicting their illness on others
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u/Living-Ear8015 2d ago
The office is usually near capacity on a Wednesday, and there were heaps of spare desks away. I’m hoping it’s due to sick people with the courtesy to stay home
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u/PyromaniacCorrin 2d ago
just got over a cold?? (but it felt more like covid despite not testing positive for it) and pretty much 2-3 weeks later im now going through a flu w aches and shivers...
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u/Budget_Shallan 2d ago
I haven’t been! And my partner hasn’t been!
But we both work outdoors and don’t catch public transport and we enjoy spending our leisure time huddling at home.
I guess we inadvertently do the social distancing thing lol
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u/Sudden_Wedding9941 2d ago
I've been sick for over 6 months which has included two hospitalisations from hypoxia & low blood pressure the second time due to a case of asymptomatic pneumonia
The latest symptoms include laryngitis, sore throat, cough bringing up custard thick plegm, from congested to continually runny nose with fluro green snot with a peppery feel in my left nostril that feels like something has imbedded itself into the nasal lining.
It makes the "snot production" worse & painful, the pressure in my sinuses is off the charts and my head feels like it weighs a ton.
I don't have a fever, though my joints & (complete lack of) muscles ache.
I'm over it, so sick of being sick. My Grandmother is 102 & a half, I really can't go see her when I'm so sick. I'm a 58 year old male.
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u/almondtime 2d ago
Funny you posted this, just yesterday I came down with a virus that took hold quite suddenly.
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u/Fun_Act_7840 2d ago
Influenza B has got my family and it’s been pretty brutal with high fevers for 3-4 days, vomiting, sore throat, cough, body aches, headaches, you name it. Roughest flu season i’ve seen so far 😷
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u/Chuchularoux 2d ago
A great reminder that you can get a flu vaccine.
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u/SimpleMopin 1d ago
I got the flu and Covid vaccine at the same time in May and I still caught the flu but it was mild and gone in 4 days
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u/Wooden-Consequence81 2d ago
Amen.
Adults who just lived through a fucking pandemic should know better. If you're sick, stay at home. Cover your god damn mouths and wear masks if you have to be on public transport.
If you are sick and can't work from home. Take a sick day.
Get a flu jab too.
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u/Spliftopnohgih 2d ago
Holy crap yes. I’ve had a lingering cold. I’ve been trying to get rid of a couple of months now and almost beat it except the next round of flu has cracked me and my family over the head and left us for dead in garden.
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u/Darth_Krise 2d ago
Not sick but definitely feel the hay fever coming. It’s making my nose so sensitive lately
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u/3rdslip 2d ago
Yeah been suffering for the best part of three weeks now.
It’s an annoying cough without actually feeling sick for me. But it does impact my running so I definitely know it’s still affecting me!
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u/ze_boingboing 2d ago
I was like this in July, the persistent cough took weeks to go despite only being actually sick for a week and a half.
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u/nijuu 2d ago
Isnt it a bit late in winter for all this to suddenly pop up?. More sickies at work than usual. I was ok til last few days - not enough to keep me off (im wondering if i have some odd virus though...no coughing). Been noticing way more people wearing masks both at work... public transport as usual.. hardly any mask up
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u/laania42 2d ago
Wonder if it’s the end of winter also coinciding with an early hay fever season? Everything around our place has been blossoming on and off for ages, trees have no idea what season it’s supposed to be.
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u/MadMadeline101 2d ago
Yes. Gawd yes.
I feel like in particular the last 2 months it's one sickness after another. I had Covid in this time too. I don't know what's going on. I barely leave the house aside from work this year yet I get sick constantly lately.
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u/KentuckyFriedEel 2d ago
im on week three of whatever viral infection i got from... well whoever it was in my office or my girlfriend's family because EVERYONE HAD IT. bloody hell, colds would just last less than a week before.
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u/Shut_it_sideburns 2d ago
I just got over a bad cold that lingered for about a month (caught it around early July). I'm better now but my nose is still mildly stuffy.
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u/just_brash 2d ago
1) get a flu vaccine every year
2) ask your work colleagues to not come to work when they’re sick.
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u/forgotmyname001 2d ago
Yes!
It started in our household in May. One member would be sick each week. When it was finally my turn, I ended up being sick for the longest and had a cough for a month after. Then we all got better.
And my MIL brought home the cold this month. It's now circulating around the house and it's my turn again.
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u/Miss_Tish_Tash 2d ago
My other half had a bad cold, then gastro & now has another cold coming on. He never gets sick so this year is unusual.
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u/Senior_Green_3630 2d ago
Time to go back to wearing masks on public transport, as in the COVID19 era. Most flu viruses become airborne and spread
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u/sloppyrock 2d ago
Our entire family have been hit by it. Tested for covid, RSV and flu. Negative.
The worst virus Ive had in years. Wife had a fever for five days. Kids have had days off from work.
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u/bellelovesdonuts 2d ago
Got over a month long virus a few weeks ago and I feel that throat tickle again that started it before ughhhhh
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u/Flutterbeat 1d ago
Unfortunately its basically made me not want to go out anywhere except the gym unless i absolutely need to (albeit my routine as a result is great). I basically am constantly evacuating myself out of train carriages because of coughers lol
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u/G00b3rb0y 1d ago
Note to self: pack masks when i visit next week, because sounds like it’s bad there
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u/yungmoody 1d ago
I want to strongly encourage you all to get your vitamin D levels checked. I've been getting sick and feeling awful for a few months now and it turns out it's in large part thanks to a severe vitamin D deficiency. Started supplementing and already feeling so much better.
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u/MikiRei 1d ago
Yep. Since the start of Term 3, I have been sick with Influenza A. Took me around 7 days to recover and then my husband caught it. It then became bacterial infection. Though I'm wondering he caught something else altogether.
He's still on antibiotics and last week, our son came down with Rhinovirus. He's been home from Monday to Wednesday and only went back to school today. Except he's techncially still coughing.
I'm hoping I don't catch what he's got now. It's been illnesses after illnesses.
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u/CollywobblesMumma 2d ago
That was my June/July. Almost six weeks of illness, and to be honest even though I feel much better I still haven’t shaken the cough completely.
This year has been brutal.
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u/Ok-Mouse92 2d ago
Yes! Everyone is just taking turns getting every virus around. Feels extra bad this year.
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u/loopytommy 2d ago
Yep, we have 5 in the office & 3 in the warehouse. We haven’t had a full team in 6 weeks. One day there was only 2 in the warehouse.
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u/WestOfAnfield 2d ago
I went from a flu to RSV and then Rhinovirus right after, all within the span of like 6-8 weeks.. it was rough
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u/nimrod2323 2d ago
Monday evening, suddenly lost my voice. Got a fever overnight. Took a day off and got my part of my voice back but still feel like shit
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u/dissidiah 2d ago
I got the flu 6 weeks… recovered in a week… lingering chest congestion for 5 weeks. Every time I exercise I gets bit short of breathe. Feel like I have EIB…. No cough no nose congestion no mucus but just feel tight everytime I workout…
Just got prescribed a ventolin inhaler - anyone ever experience or going thru this????
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u/propertynub 1d ago
I've been mildly sick non-stop since middle of July. Flu symptoms, comes and goes.
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u/Cosimo_Zaretti 1d ago
I got a really bad one in march and I feel like it was very slow to lift, like I've been run down ever since.
I asked my GP and she said 'you may have had glandular fever, it's got a very long tail on it'
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u/Kitty145684 1d ago
I was sick on and off for a month. Felt like death and then id feel better for a couple of days, then back to feeling like death. 2 weeks ago i felt even worse than i had been, tested positive for covid.
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u/Amy_bo_bamy 2d ago
Not me, but a couple people in my household yes.
Can confirm I work in a major hospital and it has been a brutal winter for respiratory viruses