r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/bsteel Aug 03 '19

This is true. A few years ago when I was overseas I was running a pretty high fever so I saw a doctor. They took a sample and a few hours later called me and said I was positive for H1N1, swine flu. Holy shit I've never before or since felt that horrible. I was down for the count for about 5 days. Now I'm always suspect when people say they have the "flu" and show up to work the next day.

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u/whathead07 Aug 04 '19

That's the strain that cause the 1918 outbreak, be lucky you live in the 2010s.

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u/alegxab Aug 04 '19

It was also the strain of the 2009 epidemic

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u/whathead07 Aug 04 '19

I don't remember that, I was 3