flu

In an article discussing whether to excercise while ill (generally not; it won’t help, will infect others, and sometimes make you worse, the article advises, but says Mayo Clinic says it’s ok to expose your gym to a head cold—let’s hope there’s no one there with leukemia or on anti rejection...

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/flu-virus-brain-memory-mice This is progress—damned slow in coming. Annoying that they didn’t note any connection between these types of effects on mouse brains and memory performance with ME, post-Lyme or other post-infectious neurological effects. But maybe...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2018/02/24/japans-new-drug-one-pill-may-stop-the-flu-in-just-one-day/ Xofluza could become an essential drug if it is as effective as the study says. Xofluza will only be approved for use in Japan initially. Global rights have been acquired by Roche.

This flu seems more widespread than usual, and more virulent (in California at least). In an ideal world, there would be some kind of surveillance to see how many of the affected go on to develop ME/CFS. This seems like just the kind of event that would produce a lot of new cases. You could...