My elderly mother always had flu shots, then she would have a cold and sniffle for a couple months after.
My daughter in law and I discussed it. She point blank asked me if I get the flu shot.
I said I never want any crap injected into my blood, expecting her to oppose it, yet she felt exactly the same, says her elder sister gets the flu shot then is always sick after.

Years ago, I would get the flu and would be ill for a good week or two.
I changed my diet, less dairy, less meat,      less bread,     less processed foods, no sugary drinks, less sugar, more vitamins and minerals, and fresh foods. More water with a dash of lemon.
Now if I get a flu, it lasts from beginning to peak to end about 4 days and not bed ridden, albeit I do feel lethargic, so I rest more.

I must have done something to help my immune system cope better and have milder effect.

Particularly as one ages, they say we should get the flu shot, but haven’t to date.

Should I worry?

Many years ago, before the advent of the internet, I read how 7 day Adventist’s would live approx 20 years longer than the average person, due to their meat free diet and other dietary reasons.
It’s actually very interesting.

Seventh-Day Adventists live longer and have 30% lower cancer risks compared to other Americans thanks to the religion's strict diet and lifestyle practices, study finds. Seventh-Day Adventists have a lower cancer risk and a longer life expectancy than the general US population, a new study suggests.Nov 27, 2019

I get the impression the US is fairing much better than Europe, which may reflect some of the factors I listed above. The more anti-social a society, the better it is protected from this sort of thing.

almost certain it will run wild thru OZ at some stage.
we may well have a vaccine by then.

the difficult thing will be

who gets the hospital bed?

the 60 yo with a really bad case who is otherwise healthy
the 60 yo with a really bad case who is an obese smoker
the 80 yo dementia patient from the nursing home.

and if they run out of beds, those are tough calls.

even tougher if people start needing the limited ICU beds.

what if a 20 yo and an 80 are both needing icu and the 80  is a touch sicker.
thats tough.

and do you kick the 80 yo out when 60 yo arrive in cas who are at the same level of sickness

aquascoot wrote on Mar 4^th, 2020 at 3:49pm:


I can report that nursing home residents and their families are being encouraged to discuss their end of life plans in case the virus results in the rationing of the ICU beds,   In the event of an outreak, nursing homes would need to isolate infected residents, stop visitors, and have 'care in place' rather than hospitals and encourage 'end of life planning.'



I guess, its survival of the fittest.

KangAnon wrote on Mar 6^th, 2020 at 7:23am:


Indeed.

Bias, and his ilk, are no longer welcome here.

Data for today, provided by Johns Hopkins University.

Italy            confirmed infected... 9172            dead.... 463


death rate = 5.04%

That is quite high, i believe.