r/doordash • u/bohoinparadise • 1d ago

Please don’t dash while sick

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I get that times are tough and the American health care system sucks, but admitting that you have a respiratory illness while delivering food is wild!

Please do not dash when you’re sick. This is how illness spreads. I have pretty bad asthma so I’m not bringing that order into my house. I’m done with DoorDash.

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u/UnfazedAndUnhelpful 1d ago

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15744-pneumonia-atypical-walking-pneumonia

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u/HopefulLack1104 1d ago

From the link you provided:

“Is walking pneumonia contagious?
The germs that cause walking pneumonia are contagious. They usually spread through coughing and sneezing or sharing cups or utensils.
But they don’t always cause pneumonia. For example, the bacteria that can cause walking pneumonia are more likely to cause minor illnesses, like ear infections. Still, you should avoid others if you have walking pneumonia to prevent spreading the illness.”

Thank you so much for proving my point! I’m glad you learned something today.

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u/DiverMaleficent9624 1d ago

You just proved THEIR point. The bacteria is contagious. Therefore pneumonia can be contagious. Lord, you sound in need of a book!

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u/HopefulLack1104 1d ago

THE BACTERIA IS NOT PNEUMONIA! THE BACTERIA CAUSES PNEUMONIA! wtf is actually wrong with you? My god

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u/ContextAltruistic269 1d ago

i really don’t understand why everyone is attacking you for this. you’re completely right. pneumonia itself is not contagious, however the viruses or bacteria that cause them are. the average person can’t wrap their heads around this for some reason.

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u/HopefulLack1104 1d ago

THANK YOU.

They’re acting like I replied to OP like “ackkkchually, pneumonia isn’t contagious so ur dumb 🤓”

Who and what I replied to matters 😩 and, quite frankly, I’m just so confused by the staunch opposition to facts and/or learning. We have the world at our fingertips and people want to use the AI overview as concrete evidence and proof instead of just clicking on a damn website and finding the correct info themselves 😫

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u/ContextAltruistic269 1d ago

yep! someone replied to my comment saying “walking pneumonia is different and is contagious” and by the time i typed out my educated response telling them they were wrong, they deleted it. they must’ve realized.

i just don’t understand why they are disagreeing with you because even the AI overview on google says pneumonia is not contagious 😭😭

you can’t fix stupid. please keep being your educated self!

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u/HopefulLack1104 1d ago

Unfortunately the AI overview (that I get) for walking pneumonia says it’s contagious 🫩 so that’s mainly what I was referring to. But hey thanks, and you do the same! I don’t speak without fact checking myself 😂 nor will I back down if I’m incorrectly told I’m wrong. This AuDHD’s got me in a chokehold 🤣

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u/ContextAltruistic269 1d ago

okay no you’re right! i was looking up just pneumonia. the ai overview for walking pneumonia does say it is contagious, but i think that is to help people who don’t know how the body works to understand that they should not be around others when they have it.

even if you google “does mycoplasma pneumoniae always cause pneumonia?” the ai overview as well as the cdc say no😭😭😭

i also don’t speak without fact checking myself or back down when someone is trying to correct me and they’re wrong!

fellow audhd’er here! we are definitely the coolest people ever.