GRBluefan

November 16th, 2021 at 4:53 PM ^

Can we please arrange for the entire football team to spend the next two weeks doing a public service project on Isle Royale?  Only allowed off the island for games.

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bluebyyou

November 16th, 2021 at 5:55 PM ^

U of M  and the State of Michigan are also going through a large Covid outbreak...over 400 cases  at the school.

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/11/michigan-reports-highest-single-day-positivity-rate-since-start-of-pandemic-21034-new-covid-cases.html

Move the players out of the school and go remote until the season is over.  

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Wendyk5

November 16th, 2021 at 6:58 PM ^

Just got my first Shingles vax and had 36 hours of fever and chills. My sister got Shingles and it took her months to get over it. She said it was unbelievably painful. I'll take the shot, thanks. I also get the flu shot every year and have maybe had the flu twice as an adult. 

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BlueMan80

November 16th, 2021 at 8:08 PM ^

I got a case of Chicken Pox right before my 30th birthday and it was bad.  I was wiped out and an itchy scabby mess for a week.   I can’t imagine how much worse shingles could be.  Got that vaccine and, yes, the first dose of Shingrex kicked my ass for the better part of two days.

I always get the flu vaccine and haven’t had flu since forever.  Good insurance policy.

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Brimley

November 17th, 2021 at 7:08 AM ^

Thanks, man!  Prostate, so I can swap stories with Al Roker.  All men: see the doc regularly, get your PSA checked.  95% chance I'm cured, so if you're gonna get it, this ain't bad.  Some interesting side effects to the treatment but child's play compared to chemo, etc. and being on the right side of the dirt is a good thing.

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UMfan21

November 16th, 2021 at 7:46 PM ^

Been getting the flu shot for like 10 years since my kids were born.  3 years ago was the only time we didn't get the shot, and all 4 of us got influenza B at Christmas.  Most sick I have ever been.  At one point I took a nap to try and break my fever.  When I woke up, I got out of bed and passed out.  I fell on a floor fan and snapped the pole across my back.  Wife found me passed out on the floor with a broken fan and I had a bruise across my back for several days.   

 

Was not fun. Would not recommend.  We vaxxed up again ever since.

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chatster

November 16th, 2021 at 5:15 PM ^

The CDC estimated that “the overall burden of influenza (flu) for the 2019-2020 flu season (before the COVID-19 pandemic began to surge) was 35 million flu-related illnesses, 16 million flu-related medical visits, 380,000 flu-related hospitalizations, and 20,000 flu-related deaths.” LINK

The CDC also found that (a) “flu activity was unusually low throughout the 2020-2021 flu season both in the United States and globally, despite high levels of testing” and (b) 
“COVID-19 mitigation measures such as wearing face masks, staying home, hand washing, school closures, reduced travel, increased ventilation of indoor spaces, and physical distancing, likely contributed to the decline in 2020-2021 flu incidence, hospitalizations and deaths. Influenza vaccination may also contributed to reduced flu illness during the 2020–2021 season.” LINK

Flu sucks and COVID-19 is much worse. Please stay safe and be well.

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huntmich

November 16th, 2021 at 5:18 PM ^

I got the flu once, in 2008. For about five days I couldn't get out of bed, with a high fever, aches, pains, and a cough. The cough lasted weeks.

 

I get the flu shot every year now. Don't be dumb. Get the flu shot.

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shoes

November 16th, 2021 at 7:44 PM ^

I first became aware of the "flu shot" being widely offered sometime in the 1970's. In the roughly 50 years since then I have only gotten the shot twice. I did get the flu in each of those two years (not from the shot itself) but during the flu season. In the other 46 years I got the flu two more times. So in my small sample of one, I got the flu 100 percent of the time in the years I got the shot (again, I'm not claiming it was in any way the cause of the flu, just that it was ineffective in preventing it). In the years I didn't get the shot, I got the flu 4.3 percent (2 out of 46 years). I've seen studies that the effectiveness of the shot since 2004, in any given season has ranged from lows of 10 percent to a high of 60 percent. I have chosen not to get the shot over the past 30 years. I have had many other vaccines including the Pneumonia vaccine and for what it's worth have not contracted pneumonia a second time.

Everyone needs to make their own decision, but the efficacy of the flu shot over time has varied widely. You are not necessarily dumb if you also choose not to get it. We have a lot of data on it now and I understand that many (most) people will evaluate the benefits vs the risks and and conclude that the unknown, from year to year reduction in their chances of getting the flu outweighs the downside if they happen to get the flu or the small number of serious side effects. 

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Wendyk5

November 16th, 2021 at 8:57 PM ^

If you're not elderly, immunocompromised or very young, the flu is generally just a nuisance if you get a bad case. The shot is nothing. I've never had a bad reaction -- or any reaction -- to the flu shot. So I get it because I'd rather be partially protected than not at all protected. I've had the flu a couple of times as an adult but I honestly couldn't tell you if those were years that I may have forgotten to get a shot. Doesn't matter to me. If it's offered, I take it. If I have a 10% greater chance of not getting it, that's better than 0%. But if I don't get it one year, I'm not going to panic. 

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Billy Ray Valentine

November 16th, 2021 at 5:25 PM ^

Influenza A is no joke. MLK weekend 2019 for me and my family was bad. Real BAD! For kids ranging from infants to pre-teens, it can be downright scary.

 

It won't be life-threatening for most college kids, but the symptoms are brutal. Fever, fatigue, body aches; the works. Any football player that gets Influenza A between now and 11/27/21 will either be out or <100%.

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cGOBLUEm

November 16th, 2021 at 7:19 PM ^

I just got over covid in early October, and I would agree that it felt like flu-lite. While my symptoms from covid were much milder than when I had influenza, the fatigue did persist for longer. The one thing that really concerns me about covid, however, is that I have since been in a "brain fog", and from what I have read, this can last for up to 9 months after recovery. 

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Wendyk5

November 16th, 2021 at 8:23 PM ^

Both my son, 21, and a friend's daughter, also 21, got Covid last November. My son had mild flu-like symptoms for four days then fully recovered with no lingering effects, except his sense of taste took a month to return. My friend's daughter, who is a corneal transplant recipient and has celiac disease (auto-immune) has since had serious neurological symptoms that have gotten worse. They just found out she had a stroke at some point, and believe it was from a Covid clot. She also has digestive issues, believed to be neurological in origin, in addition to the neurological post-stroke symptoms. She's now 22. While most will be like my son, it's pretty scary to think there are people out there whose lives could be irretrievably changed by this. 

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StirredNotShaken

November 16th, 2021 at 11:54 PM ^

Not to pry but were you vaccinated before getting covid? If not, you should consider getting vaxxed soon even though you already had COVID. There have been many reports of the vaccine helping with long COVID symptoms, in part because the theory is the immune system doesn't completely clear out the virus and it can linger and do damage even after testing negative. If you get the vax it super charges the immune response and sends out a patrol of ass kickers to clear out any remnants that might be messing you up still. I will also attest to this from personal experience. Had almost asymptomatic COVID in March (only symptom was losing taste/smell for a week) but felt brain fog for a couple months afterwards. Mostly manifested itself in an inability to focus on things I had no problem focusing on previously. So I got the double dose of Moderna as a "what do I have to lose?" approach. My brain fog dissipated within a few weeks and my focus returned fully. All in my head? Maybe. But I felt more clear headed and also now feel very protected from covid reinfection. 

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befuggled

November 16th, 2021 at 5:57 PM ^

I'm signed up for a flu shot next week and I recommend everybody do the same. 

Sure, the flu is more of a moving target than most viruses so the flu shot is not as effective as some vaccines. At the same time, it makes the flu less of a pain in the ass when you do get it.

(I hope the athletic department is giving the players an opportunity to get flu shots.)

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