What you need to know about the coming flu season

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Yes, scurvy is an interesting topic. Cook did well. Mind you, the Chinese had citrus gardens in greenhouses on their ships about 300 years earlier.

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Lithographs of those early ships appear to have them as large as a Citrus Orchard anyway & pontoon/barge like. Haven't noticed Grey Fergies or Cultivators though, but I bet they were hiding amongst the trees somewhere.

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Its true they tended to hop between coastal ports rather than head straight out to sea, but they still covered long distances, I believe.

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Yes, but not long hops. Makes the supply situation a lot easier - especially for naval ships with large crews. There are, as far as I know, no records of Chinese ships crossing either the Pacific or Atlantic oceans. Certainly they crossed the Indian Ocean, but with a number of stops.

I've seen claims about Chinese ships reaching South America but I assume they probably stayed close to the coast.

I reckon I've ducked a bullet this year... the advancing of 'flu-like symptoms has paused, some of the voice is returning... Here's hoping I've nipped it in the bud. - Can't take flu shots 'cos the last one made me very sick, and since then I get a serious then a mild dose every season ! My GP can't explain, but he believes in adequate sleep, isolation, hygiene and luck.[wink11]
Besides, he's nursing a dwindling stock for folk who REALLY need it / Demand it.

I'm a card-carrying needle-phobic and risking "bowel tolerance" with handfuls of Vitamin C & capsicums.. is preferable to being stabbed with a blunt water pipe. ![bigwhistle]

I had a real bad chest cold a few weeks back - cough and brathing issues, mild sore throat, sneezing, runny nose, felt lousy. But distinguished from flu by no temperature, no aches and pains.

Still got a mild cough, which the doctor says will hang on for a while.

I'm going camping for three nights this week with 95 snotty year rights, including a night in a tent, so hoping my flu shot has bullet proofed me.
The only good thing is I'm doing first aid, so I get priority access to the first aid kit!

Heather & I had our shots 2 days ago, didn't hurt and no reaction the last thing I need is the flu trying to knock me off.
At the Docs there was a sign saying not to get the flue vax too soon as peak period is usually June to Sept and the vax starts to weeken after 3 months