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alittlelark

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Tue Mar 3, 2020, 10:13 PM Mar 2020

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H1N1 wasn't a coronavirus. It was a completely different strain The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #1
Those of us that have dealt with these molecular killers see them alittlelark Mar 2020 #3
Ye gods, glad you are with us. JohnnyLib2 Mar 2020 #2
Glad I am - but in 2009 I wished to die alittlelark Mar 2020 #4
Why did they think you had someone at home to take care of you? And why did you pretend pnwmom Mar 2020 #6
I felt that way when I got Hong Kong flu. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #8
Think you may have been exposed prior to the bathroom incident. MrsMatt Mar 2020 #5
Not H1N1....... Look at stats. alittlelark Mar 2020 #7
Coronavirus (usually the common cold) MrsMatt Mar 2020 #10
I have..... u did not give me any.... alittlelark Mar 2020 #13
Post removed Post removed Mar 2020 #9
I have seen more than 1 of u saying this............................... alittlelark Mar 2020 #11
well, that reply makes no sense. n/t MrsMatt Mar 2020 #14
be embarassed for yourself alittlelark Mar 2020 #12
Just ignore my advice.... for the sake of the future alittlelark Mar 2020 #15
H1N1 was an orthomyxovirus, not a coronavirus. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #16
I was never sure where, exactly, I was exposed to the swine flu. Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #17

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,615 posts)
1. H1N1 wasn't a coronavirus. It was a completely different strain
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 10:23 PM
Mar 2020

related to the 1918 Spanish Flu virus; it was what's called an orthomyxovirus. It was a serious pandemic (called swine flu at the time) but it's not at all related to COVID-19. Your symptoms sound more like what I got many years ago, the Hong Kong flu (H3N2), also not a coronavirus, but it was very nasty with a high fever and terrible body aches. COVID-19 typically causes a severe cough sometimes leading to pneumonia with high fever, but not always the other symptoms.

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
3. Those of us that have dealt with these molecular killers see them
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 10:30 PM
Mar 2020

for what they are.

JohnnyLib2

(11,211 posts)
2. Ye gods, glad you are with us.
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 10:25 PM
Mar 2020

Saving this, just in case.....thanks

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
4. Glad I am - but in 2009 I wished to die
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 10:32 PM
Mar 2020

cuz double lung pneumonia is the worst of the worst.

pnwmom

(108,959 posts)
6. Why did they think you had someone at home to take care of you? And why did you pretend
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 10:38 PM
Mar 2020

your husband was in the parking lot, since you wanted to stay at the hospital?

What a nightmare! I'm so glad you survived unscathed, more or less!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,615 posts)
8. I felt that way when I got Hong Kong flu.
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 10:43 PM
Mar 2020

I was afraid I was going to die and also afraid that I wouldn't. Once flu shots became available I got them every year because I don't want to go through that again (and at my age it probably would do me in). Unfortunately, flu shots are no good for COVD-19, something Trump can't seem to get through his thick head.

MrsMatt

(1,660 posts)
5. Think you may have been exposed prior to the bathroom incident.
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 10:36 PM
Mar 2020

It's my understanding that the time from exposure to having symptoms is 24 hours to 4 days.

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
7. Not H1N1....... Look at stats.
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 10:39 PM
Mar 2020

MrsMatt

(1,660 posts)
10. Coronavirus (usually the common cold)
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 10:46 PM
Mar 2020

has an incubation period of 1-14 days. At least that is my understanding.

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
13. I have..... u did not give me any....
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 10:55 PM
Mar 2020

Response to alittlelark (Original post)

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
11. I have seen more than 1 of u saying this...............................
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 10:50 PM
Mar 2020

F what anyone knows........................................... sertiously

Why????!>

Cuz we have a MORON pResident.

MrsMatt

(1,660 posts)
14. well, that reply makes no sense. n/t
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 11:02 PM
Mar 2020

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
12. be embarassed for yourself
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 10:53 PM
Mar 2020

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
15. Just ignore my advice.... for the sake of the future
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 11:12 PM
Mar 2020

JUST IGNORE ADVICE.


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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,615 posts)
16. H1N1 was an orthomyxovirus, not a coronavirus.
Tue Mar 3, 2020, 11:16 PM
Mar 2020

Read all about it, here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK8611/ and here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513241/

In 1918, a deadly influenza pandemic caused by H1N1 influenza virus, also known as the Spanish flu, infected approximately 500 million people around the world and resulted in the deaths of 50 to 100 million people (3% to 5% of the world population) worldwide, distinguishing it as one of the most deadly pandemics in human history. In 2009, a new strain H1N1 swine flu spread fast around the world among humans, and the World Health Organization (WHO) labeled it a pandemic. However, the 2009 H1N1 virus was not zoonotic swine flu because it was not transferred from pigs to humans. Instead, it spread through airborne droplets from human to human, and potentially, through human contact with inanimate objects contaminated with the virus and transferred to the eyes or nose. This virus caused similar symptoms to those seen in swine, possibly due to reassortment of the viral RNA structure, which allowed human-to-human transfer. ...

The H1N1 influenza virus is an orthomyxovirus and produces virions that are 80 to 120 nm in diameter, with an RNA genome size of approximately 13.5 kb.

Baitball Blogger

(46,684 posts)
17. I was never sure where, exactly, I was exposed to the swine flu.
Wed Mar 4, 2020, 12:21 AM
Mar 2020

If it were up to me to decide, I got it from my hairdresser a month earlier. I know this contradicts what they say about the exposure time, but my hairdresser had just recovered from it when I saw her. The only one that I was exposed to that I was aware had it. Otherwise, I was exposed on my flight from Florida to Manchester. After that flight my nasal passages were completely blocked. Never experienced anything like that. And three days later I came down with it.

I think it was the Tamiflu that helped my recovery. I stayed in the living room, away from everyone else for about a week and recovered with few complications. Most thankfully, I didn't pass it on to anyone else.

BTW, for anyone who really, really wants to prepare for the Coronavirus, look up recipes for Panamanian sancocho. If you can make it while you're healthy, freeze it in small portions for when you or your family members get sick.

Remember to keep it simple. Don't bother with all the special seasonings that you find from other Central American or Caribbean areas. I suggest to make it healthier by limiting the ingredients. From the top of my head: Select three tubers: Like yucca, ñame and Oto or Yautia Morado. Cut smaller than golf ball sizes. Pick a roasting chicken -- if I want to make it especially healthy I get the biggest breasts of chicken and skip the dark meat. Plantains, corn and pumpkin and the secret ingredient is culantro - not cilantro. Of course, garlic and onion and dried oregano.

To see the order of cooking the meal, I suggest this video. Don't get discouraged because she makes an elaborate sancocho. Remember, you're just looking to see the order of things -- and specifically, when to remove things out of the soup while cooking, before returning to the pot.







And this is an even simpler Panamanian sancocho recipe, except ignore "cilantro" and get culantro. It is really the magic in the sancocho:

https://www.food.com/recipe/panamanian-sancocho-215671

Remember to freeze for later consumption.
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