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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

What's the difference between playing with Influenca and covid?

"Just the flu" is seriously underselling Influenca and was coined by anti-vaxxers. I know people that have been in intensive care with it, even children.

It's not the "common cold" which usually refers to bacterial infections.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Common cold still mostly refers to a viral infection (several different ones) just not as bad as influenza or covid.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thanks for the correction.

common cold

noun

A very common, mild viral infection of the nose and throat, whose symptoms include sneezing, sniffling, a running or blocked nose, a sore throat, coughing and a headache.

A mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It’s not the “common cold” which usually refers to bacterial infections.

The illness we consider the "common cold" is actually a collection of common viruses, predominantly rhinovirus. It's not a bacterial infection.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

There isn't. I'm comparing it to the media praising Jordan for "playing through the flu" as a high point in sports history. When in all seriousness, if he actually had the flu, he shouldn't have been on the court at all. Most likely he had a bad case of food poisoning because he made selfish decisions the night before. Which makes him an asshole. Much like the Olympian.