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Flu's down something like 95% in most of the US. Wasted my time, it seems, getting my first flu shot.
But as for colds and sniffles? Where I live, post-nasal drip is a given and the occasional sniffle going along with it; Mrs. Wife has allergies and such.
An interesting thought, however, when we talk about colds. We now know how to virtually eliminate our changes of getting cold/flu - when COVID's finally gone then we may still decide to self-isolate during certain times of the year. Is that a good idea in terms of not exercising one's immune system?
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I also got my flu vaccine, better be safe than sorry.
I'd rather be phishing!
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At some point I'll fully accept my real age - but the vaccine's so hit-and-miss, mostly miss these last few years. Mix into that those who get a degree of misery from the shot.
My father had a very bad reaction some years ago and apparently that was common; my wife had a bad enough reaction to say 'never again'. She started taking them, mainly, when she was teaching and it was requires (or wear a mask in class). She's since retired.
So - better safe? Always risk/reward. COVID is life and death, and even should you recover that does not mean you will escape lingering damage. Like polio, tetanus, diphtheria, &etc., It's worth the shot for some reasonably long-term coverage. Flu? It's only good for the current year (maybe) and it's rarely life threatening or prone to leaving lingering damage.
So, for me, flu vaccine is not so clear-cut as many other immunizations.
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I don't want to have to social distance and wear a mask my entire life.
If that means I get the flu and/or cold, so be it.
People suggesting we social distance forever and wear masks forever, just so we don't get the cold/flu, are bloody crazy.
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Slacker007 wrote: People suggesting we social distance forever and wear masks forever, just so we don't get the cold/flu, are bloody crazy.
Not to mention that there will be fewer people, because dating is pretty much a show stopper with mask wearing and social distancing.
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Marc Clifton wrote: Not to mention that there will be fewer people,
I think our planet would say "Thank you" for that
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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A couple days ago it was reported that the total mortality rate in Norway has been almost exactly the same since covid made its entrance, compared month-by-month with 2019.
If I remember the details right: There hasn't been a single death due to the seasonal flu. (Several other common causes of death have seen a reduction.) So the corona measures, such as social distancing and home offices, have significantly reduced the spread of the common flu as well. But corona deaths make up for the "missing" deaths from flu and other causes.
The report mentioned that most European countries have indeed seen a raise in total mortality. Most have similar drops in flu deaths, and other causes, but the number of corona deaths are much higher; Norway is almost at the bottom of the Europe list of corona deaths per million. Apparently, our measures have been quite successful, at least when comparing to the list tops (and, of course, USA with thirteen times as many deaths per million as Norway).
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I shed more fake crocodile tears for the people who believe I don't know they pretend to love me.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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Why is America full of underwater stores for Cetaceans? So many WhaleMarts ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Well - we've a lot of variety in USA. We can go for BJ's[^]. And who can use more of those? But, with all the potholes in the road, it's best to consider Tar-get[^]. The tale's been told before, or, as we put it, retail.
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It serves a porpoise especially when they have a seal (sale) on.
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Oh! The huge-manitee!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I would think anything by "Rage Against The Machine" would be more appropriate, at least for me. 
However, I can see the song you linked to, playing in the background, as I prepare the nuclear warheads for Operation Microsoft Be Gone.
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Cue Taking The Power Back!
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Nice music. Thanks for introducing me to a new band! (Well, not 'new,' but 'new'!)
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Current results are mostly useless, is this something that needs someone to create a slack integration of some sort, or is it just Slack trying and failing to usefully parse CPs html?
This is a direct forum link, view thread is equally useless:
https://i.imgur.com/tk5DMOZ.png
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Since you asked, I think this would go under Site Bugs and Suggestions
Real programmers use butterflies
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IF this answer is "CP has to fix it" I will repost there, but if it's "Slack needs to care about programming sites not called StackOverflow" there's no point in cluttering up bugsnsugs.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Oh I see what you're saying - you see this is as a slack problem.
I don't really care what people post here, I wasn't trying to play hall monitor. I just was trying to respond to your question. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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No, I'm saying I don't know if it's a slack problem or a CP problem.
Richard's theory is plausible, barring any farther insights suggesting otherwise I probably will be posting to bugsnsugs later today (or maybe monday depending on how lazy I am).
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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what is slack? 
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Welcome to your new HQ | Slack[^]
But I don't care!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Our team tried Slack... we still have it set up... but no-one used it (apart from the guy who set it up).
MS Teams does all the annoying stuff we need a thing like this to do - so we use that. It annoys us quite effectively, we didn't need Slack to do it for us.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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If you don't have to, you really don't want to know.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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