Practice report - Crawford misses (illness)

[DoctorChicken]

You are in the early lead for nonsensical post of the year. Take heart as it is still very early.

I'm sure there will be many from me this year! I have a lot of sense, especially of the "non" variety. I'll be sure to share it with my brethren and sistren on the cz. Is the trophy made of gold? Or is there chocolate inside? I hope it's chocolate.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Never had a flu shot in my life and never will. The stuff in Flu shots is nasty.

Never had a flu shot.

 

[Bullflop]

Pretty sure Crawford will be afforded the best of care to get him fully cured and ready to do battle Sunday.

 

[AbeBeta]

Never had a flu shot.

Gee, I could develop extra protection against a nasty illness...or I can be macho.

 

[gmoney112]

Evolution at work here

Is that possible? I've never had a flu shot and haven't had the flu in over 10 years.

It's gotten to the point where I just laugh when people say "watch out i have the flu."

Maybe i'm just superhuman.

 

[AbeBeta]

Is that possible? I've never had a flu shot and haven't had the flu in over 10 years.

It's gotten to the point where I just laugh when people say "watch out i have the flu."

Maybe i'm just superhuman.

Or maybe you don't understand statistics.

The vast majority of people won't get the flu. But if you do, it sucks. Why not up your chances to avoid it?

 

[gmoney112]

Or maybe you don't understand statistics.

The vast majority of people won't get the flu. But if you do, it sucks. Why not up your chances to avoid it?

Nevermind. You're a ****** who thinks he's a lot smarter than he actually is.

Brb learning what "statistics" means.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

Or maybe you don't understand statistics.

The vast majority of people won't get the flu. But if you do, it sucks. Why not up your chances to avoid it?

,,, and also to prevent yourself from catching and spreading it.

 

[AbeBeta]

Nevermind. You're a ****** who thinks he's a lot smarter than he actually is.

Brb learning what "statistics" means.

Yeah. I don't know statistics. I just have a PhD in the field

 

[jobberone]

Most allergic reactions shouldn't be enough to put someone out of a game 4 days later with adequate medical treatment unless it was some sort of an anaphylactic emergency. If it were I think we'd have heard about him being in hospital so I doubt it is that serious.

It sounds like there is a good chance he should be playing then.

But we should still fire Eatman for getting on the plane with the flu as the team heads for a playoff game the next week.

Actually, that IS incredibly insensitive and absurd. Incredibly selfish if true.

 

[jobberone]

I'm sure there will be many from me this year! I have a lot of sense, especially of the "non" variety. I'll be sure to share it with my brethren and sistren on the cz. Is the trophy made of gold? Or is there chocolate inside? I hope it's chocolate.

You are and never will be a candidate for said list. Thank Goodness.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Gee, I could develop extra protection against a nasty illness...or I can be macho.

Never had the flu shot.

Never had the flu.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

Never had the flu shot.

Never had the flu.

Same here.

I guess I'm just lucky?

Or perhaps I AM ALL THAT IS MAN.

 

[Tabascocat]

A flu shot isn't exactly the cure all for it either. A lot of people get the flu regardless of the vaccine. If you are susceptible, you are going to get it anyways. I have never had a shot and only had the flu once that I can recall.

 

[jobberone]

Never had the flu shot.

Never had the flu.

Same here.

I guess I'm just lucky?

Or perhaps I AM ALL THAT IS MAN.

I used to get the flu from the shot but that was many years ago and the flu shot then was not as attenuated as it is now. Now it is less allergenic and not likely to cause illness while being more efficacious. Unless you are allergic to the flu shot or you have a compromised immune system then you should take the flu shot every year. They are generally a year behind due to the mutation of the influenza virus but it is fairly predictive still.

So take your flu shot every year without fail. People still die from the flu and the morbidity and economic loss is just incroyable as the French say. The 1918 Flu epidemic selectively killed the very healthy likely due to the patients own overwhelming immune response to the disease. It took the elderly and the very young too but nothing like very healthy young people. So being young and healthy may not always keep you from dying from a deadly disease.

Take the damn thing, hear?

And the pneumococcal vaccine as well as the zoster one as well. As someone assigned to the Delta Force I also got all sorts of exotic vaccines and I'm glad of it. Don't tempt death.

You should all get your invoice for my consultation by the end of the month. Or just donate to the site. Thx.

 

[jobberone]

A flu shot isn't exactly the cure all for it either. A lot of people get the flu regardless of the vaccine. If you are susceptible, you are going to get it anyways. I have never had a shot and only had the flu once that I can recall.

A lot of people DO NOT get the flu anyway and even parts of the vaccine not specific for new strains help some. See above; there are few reasons to avoid it.

 

[Tabascocat]

A lot of people DO NOT get the flu anyway and even parts of the vaccine not specific for new strains help some. See above; there are few reasons to avoid it.

I said if you are susceptible and/or have a weak immune system then the vaccine won't be much help, that is proven. The young and elderly should take it as a precaution but if you are a healthy adult, it isn't the end of the world if you don't get the vaccine.

They mutate so fast, so the vaccines are for different strains. It is a great preventive tool for those that are unhealthy. The latest study shows that the vaccine is effective about 77% better but that is for a healthy adult, not elderly or children.

I am no doc like you but I have taken my fair share of microbiology classes from undergrad to med school giving me a pretty good understanding of this

I guess that I am still old school where we used to play outside as kids, get nails stuck in our feet and scratched from fences where we built our immune systems. My generation never took shots for this and most other stuff and we can fight off most colds and the flu

 

[DogFace]

If that is true he does need to be fired. What a tool. He should have stayed home.

It's true. Eatman confirmed it on The Break and talked openly about it. The fact he was worried about players or whoever taking a pic then posting it made me think he was an idiot. Like his "fame" would make it so hard to deal with all the attention he'd get. He admitted the dr. Told him to wear the mask on the plane. Derek was mad he was sitting close to him.

 

[ElGatoGrande]

It's true. Eatman confirmed it on The Break and talked openly about it. The fact he was worried about players or whoever taking a pic then posting it made me think he was an idiot. Like his "fame" would make it so hard to deal with all the attention he'd get. He admitted the dr. Told him to wear the mask on the plane. Derek was mad he was sitting close to him.

that sort of self-centered idiocy warrants a reprimand,,, at a minimum.

 

[visionary]

Never had the flu shot.

Never had the flu.

Even the bugs avoid contact with you

Not surprising