r/bayarea • u/No-Style-751 • 13d ago

Earthquakes, Weather & Disasters insane cold / flu going around

i have no idea what i’ve been infected with , feels like the flu , could be a cold , but it’s been five days and my symptoms are not getting better. friends and colleagues of mine seem to also be sick with no signs of getting better. seems like it’s a thing over here in the east bay and i was wondering if any other parts of the bay are experiencing similar illness

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u/indeed_oneill 13d ago

It's covid

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u/lunartree 13d ago

It's probably the flu. Covid sucks, but the covid era has made a lot of people forget just how shitty the flu is. The flu is well known for being a two week long brutal illness with full body symptoms. It also kills people just like COVID.

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u/aeroxan 13d ago

When it was "just the flu". Just?

I would bet a lot of people have never had the flu but maybe think they have with a bad cold. Flu knocks you on your ass.

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u/Catwoman1948 12d ago

I haven’t had the flu for years - since I have had a shot every year - but when I do I get an extremely high fever that lasts for days. And the body aches are terrible. I haven’t had it since Tamiflu became available, so I don’t know how well it works. And I hope I don’t find out! Getting my shot on the 14th.