• vxx@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    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.

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      3 months ago

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

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        3 months 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).

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      3 months 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.

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      3 months 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.