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Title: Everyone around me is coming down with mono - is there something I can take?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 10, 2008, 12:18:19 AM
I can't afford to catch it.

First, my best friend got it.  Then my aunt.  Then my co-worker/buddy.  Now my sister.  I feel like there's a circle of mono trying to come at me from all sides!  Is there some basic defense against mono other than avoiding people entirely?
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Post by: demi on December 10, 2008, 12:18:45 AM
aids. let me give them to you.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on December 10, 2008, 12:19:43 AM
You should avoid making out with your buddy, sister, and aunt.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 10, 2008, 12:20:48 AM
But not my co-worker?
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Post by: Bocsius on December 10, 2008, 12:21:00 AM
You should avoid making out with your buddy, sister, and aunt.

I came to post that.
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Post by: demi on December 10, 2008, 12:21:29 AM
wait until a tornado comes around and JO with them. but no gay stuff.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on December 10, 2008, 12:21:54 AM
But not my co-worker?

Depends, post some pics.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 10, 2008, 12:22:37 AM
Well, I don't think any of those folks got it from their significant others - some don't have one in their case.  That's what scares me.  Where did this invisible source of mono come from?  Is it some kind of mutated mono more resistant than ever?  This is like the movie Outbreak.

BUT WORSE.
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Post by: Bocsius on December 10, 2008, 12:23:55 AM
If they didn't get it from their significant others, it means they got it from someone they were seeing on the side.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on December 10, 2008, 12:26:26 AM
Is it really mono and not just the flu or something?
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Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on December 10, 2008, 01:38:24 AM
wait until a tornado comes around and JO with them. but no gay stuff.

/no mono
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Post by: TVC15 on December 10, 2008, 02:34:09 AM
I can't afford to catch it.

First, my best friend got it.  Then my aunt.  Then my co-worker/buddy.  Now my sister.  I feel like there's a circle of mono trying to come at me from all sides!  Is there some basic defense against mono other than avoiding people entirely?

The best defense is just to avoid it.  It's viral so taking antibiotics won't make you immune or anything.  You can basically treat the symptoms once you have it.  Humans kinda suck with viruses.
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Post by: Mandark on December 10, 2008, 02:35:31 AM
Quote from: Willco
Someone in my social circle is hosting makeout parties and I'm not getting invited.  I am not pleased.
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Post by: cloudwalking on December 10, 2008, 06:24:18 AM
i'm always surprised by how openly people share their food/drinks here with others where in the US/canada it was always like "no you can't have a sip of my drink, i could get mono"

so maybe they're like the filthy euros and got it from sharing drinks
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Post by: pilonv1 on December 10, 2008, 06:32:47 AM
stop riding monorails
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Post by: DJ_Tet on December 10, 2008, 07:54:48 AM
Slather your forehead in Head On and pray for the best.
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 10, 2008, 07:57:23 AM
Is it really mono and not just the flu or something?

No, they've all been diagnosed with mono.
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Post by: Tauntaun on December 10, 2008, 09:30:39 AM
i'm always surprised by how openly people share their food/drinks here with others where in the US/canada it was always like "no you can't have a sip of my drink, i could get mono"

so maybe they're like the filthy euros and got it from sharing drinks

This.  Cover every part of your body in plastic.  :tophat
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Post by: muckhole on December 10, 2008, 09:32:36 AM
You'll just have to start kissing strangers to build up your immunities. Given where you work, it'll be a breeze!
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Post by: Yeti on December 10, 2008, 02:46:32 PM
The one thing they all seem to have in common is you. I suspect you are patient zero, spreading pestilence and disease wherever you go.