not sure that I feel like a “victim”. I’ve never had a flushot in my life, and get a “cold” once in a while.
In mid-February, I was standing one an early morning in shorts and T-shirt with wet hair in the cold. For at least 15 minutes. Had no jacket on me. I had fever by the end of the day, and stuffy nose the next day… got “really sick”, but went to bed by 7pm, after 2 nights of good sleep, I was 100% fine again.
Walking around all day with wet shoes and no socks is probably not helping either.
yes, you remember correctly. No, I don’t think that I got anything there. “It” could be anything, from anywhere.
Nobody wants to admit these slight symptoms. But after I mentioned my really minor symptoms this week, a business partner admitted on the phone that he’s had a sore throat for 3 weeks. One friend had been coughing and felt “warm”. Temperature measured later at 98.6F, which a web search says is just perfect. He’s a smoker, late 50ies… so he was nervous. He probably just was too long in the sun.
My biggest worry is that many small businesses will die; retail, restaurants, entertainment, and yes, landlords. Big chains with deeper pockets or better access to financing will take them over, and we lose the diversity. Already a Santa Cruz bar/ restaurant of 40 years has closed permanently.