Fighting the Flu May Hurt Those Around You 351
sciencehabit writes "When you've got the flu, it can't hurt to take an aspirin or an ibuprofen to control the fever and make you feel better, right? Wrong, some scientists say. Lowering your body temperature may make the virus replicate faster and increase the risk that you transmit it to others. A new study claims that there are at least 700 extra influenza deaths in the United States every year because people suppress their fever."
Re:human germs don't like higher body temp (Score:5, Funny)
In Europe we call temperatures of more than 100 boiling, not fever. I'm surprised your kid lasted a week.
Re:human germs don't like higher body temp (Score:5, Funny)
Re:human germs don't like higher body temp (Score:4, Funny)
The seven hundred deaths, annually, you mean?
It that's an unacceptable number of deaths by your standards, then I suggest you quit your job immediately:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... [huffingtonpost.com]
"Work-Related Deaths Kill 150 Americans Per Day"
That's 54750 a year. Having a job is roughly 78 times more fatal than being around someone who took aspirin with the flu.
ACT NOW!
Re:human germs don't like higher body temp (Score:5, Funny)
In Europe we call temperatures of more than 100 boiling, not fever. I'm surprised your kid lasted a week.
Don't act like you're all scientific and stuff until you start using Kelvin. Normal body temperature is 310.2K.
Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)
When you're sick enough to (feel you) need medication, stay at home.
Don't spread germs all over the workplace / auditorium / public mass transport.
that's why I drive alone in my SUV to work and am hostile in my cubicle so nobody bothers me.
Re:No more asprin? (Score:4, Funny)
I guess Obamacare will make aspirin illegal now as a preventative action.
That's the least of it. It will destroy our civilization and lead to Stalinism. I know that's true because I've read it on right-wing web sites.
Re:So... (Score:2, Funny)
I know 98.6F is normal...but have no idea what is good/bad/dead in degrees C.
And, yes..too lazy to google it every time.