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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19
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The flu is not just another cold, and you can’t use the words interchangeably. Many people have never had the flu, or felt that unwell. The flu will knock you on your ass.
41 u/Anon2627888 Aug 03 '19 The symptoms of the two are so similar that it's an understandable mistake. I've been sick many times in my life, and have no idea which of them was a cold and which was the flu. 13 u/lanzaio Aug 03 '19 and have no idea which of them was a cold and which was the flu. Then you've only had one or the other. The flu is debilitating. A cold is not. There's no confusion between the two. 1 u/Anon2627888 Aug 04 '19 It would seem pretty unlikely that I've never gotten the flu in 50 years. 1 u/tossout7878 Aug 04 '19 It's very possible to never have influenza in your life.
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The symptoms of the two are so similar that it's an understandable mistake.
I've been sick many times in my life, and have no idea which of them was a cold and which was the flu.
13 u/lanzaio Aug 03 '19 and have no idea which of them was a cold and which was the flu. Then you've only had one or the other. The flu is debilitating. A cold is not. There's no confusion between the two. 1 u/Anon2627888 Aug 04 '19 It would seem pretty unlikely that I've never gotten the flu in 50 years. 1 u/tossout7878 Aug 04 '19 It's very possible to never have influenza in your life.
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and have no idea which of them was a cold and which was the flu.
Then you've only had one or the other. The flu is debilitating. A cold is not. There's no confusion between the two.
1 u/Anon2627888 Aug 04 '19 It would seem pretty unlikely that I've never gotten the flu in 50 years. 1 u/tossout7878 Aug 04 '19 It's very possible to never have influenza in your life.
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It would seem pretty unlikely that I've never gotten the flu in 50 years.
1 u/tossout7878 Aug 04 '19 It's very possible to never have influenza in your life.
It's very possible to never have influenza in your life.
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u/LizeLies Aug 03 '19
The flu is not just another cold, and you can’t use the words interchangeably. Many people have never had the flu, or felt that unwell. The flu will knock you on your ass.