Posted on 01/09/2013 8:16:30 AM PST by Olog-hai
Hospitals across the country are being stretched for service as this year’s flu season looks to be the most intense in nearly a decade, with facilities beginning to turn patients away because of the danger that it could spread through their staffs.
Thirty-nine states and New York City have reported significant levels of influenza-like-illnesses as medical professionals are reminded of the 2003-2004 season when more than 40,000 people died because the predominant strain was so dissimilar from the vaccine that year, reported Fox News.
Hospital officials have described the season so far as “chaotic.” Doctors are telling patients to begin taking Tamiflu or other medications as soon as they begin to experience symptoms and some have set up tent facilities outside of hospitals to keep the illness away from their staffs. …
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Throw in some local honey and lemon juice (squeezed from lemons, not the fake stuff) and you have the best cough medicine on earth.
Thanks for the tips. I actually don’t drink anymore...just having some posting fun. I exercise, eat healthy, have a greens plus drink, wash my hands often, and get plenty of sleep. If I feel run down, I take an Emergen-C.
That sounds good, but my “Irish genes” lead me to quitting the sauce.
I would like to know how many of these people in the hospital for the flu took the flu shots and then got it. Anyone have an answer?
Union built hospitals? You would think they would build them stronger.
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Was I the only one here that got your joke? Your comment was funny. I was going to say why are they putting so darn many patients on the roofs? They must of exceeded the snow load limit.
My dad would give me a shot of whiskey at bedtime for flu. It usually worked.
Comedians get little respect. I’m not a very good one, so I get even less.
this what I use for home remedy
mince 1/4 cup of each of these and let it steep for a week or so in 1 pint apple cider vinegar and then drain or not drain - either way
onion
garlic
horseradish
ginger
(I throw in some Habanero Pepper for good measure)
one small sip every other day along with vitmin c & d and you will not get sick - plus it last just about forever in the fridge
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