>>>>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6597011/Drinking-up-to-bottle-of-wine-a-day-can-cut-heart-disease-risk.html
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>>>Everyone I know who has had it has been bedridden for a week.
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>>wimps :-)
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>So how is this different from the regular flu (which takes just a week when treated, and all of seven days when not)?

Or maybe 14 days in the hospital (including 3 days in intensive care - 1 with the crash cart stationed next to the bed), 5 days bedridden at home prior, and ambulance ride from one emergency room to a larger hospital, a doctor asking if you would like to talk to a priest about last rites because you may not make it past today, losing almost 30lbs, and other joys.

Regular flu. Been there.

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>I still haven't contracted the smaller version from our guinea pig. Or maybe I did, but didn't notice - it was too lite. I know I had to take longer naps these days, could be my self-cure autopilot kicking in.