[Magdalen] Feeling flu-ey. I'm sure it's a passing phase.

[James Handsfield]

Please understand, influenza is a potentially fatal disease, and it's everyone's responsibility to prevent transmission to others if one is infected. 

Jim Handsfield
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> On Dec 28, 2014, at 12:04 AM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> < Public Health Professional Hat = ON >
> 
> Do Not, repeat NOT go to church tomorrow. Assume the worst (and hope you are wrong) that you have influenza. Next, get thee to a physician. Tamiflu can be helpful but only if you start it within a couple of days of the onset of symptoms. 
> 
> Jim Handsfield
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> 
>> On Dec 27, 2014, at 11:38 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Got up from working today to get some groceries and immediately felt
>> potential flu symptoms, or maybe a cold. Dizzy-ish, nauseated-ish,
>> achey-ish, fever-very-ish. It's all at a very low level. I had my flu
>> shot, so certainly it isn't the flu. Kindly pray it away if you will.
>> 
>> Didn't keep me from playing a restored video of Lessons and Carols
>> from King's in the Boris Ord days (he was choirmaster). I was just
>> thinking of switching to something else when the dean said something
>> about those who "rejoice on another shore, and in a greater light." I
>> burst into tears, as you do. Just like when I last read the Prodigal
>> Son gospel at Vespers with my dear partner. That was a sobfest. I
>> think I'm seeing what matters most to me. I thought of Dad being on
>> that other shore (not so very far away) and rejoicing and thinking his
>> son needs to look up from all the work for this project and rejoice
>> too.
>> 
>> Both cats were transfixed by the L&C video...don't know whether it was
>> the music, the readings, or the flickering candles.
>> 
>> I'm subdeacon tomorrow and need to chant the Revelation lesson for
>> Childermas. No flu, please. Antigens, do your thing, bolstered by the
>> flu shot. Never mind the news items about it being a weak dosage this
>> year...surely the Chicago one is extra strong for us with the big
>> shoulders...
>> 
>> -- 
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA