Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Winter malady

When I was a cub reporter, if our editor's kid developed a sniffle, the next morning we'd be assigned to do a story about the epidemic that was hitting the town. We'd have to call the hospital PR woman, and she'd call back on deadline with an innocuous quote from some agreeable MD -- and oh! by the way, did we know that the hospital's ER waiting times had dropped, and didn't we want to do a story about the medical society's upcoming gala?
But I really think something has been going around town this past week. Several very hardy and noncomplaining souls, all grown-ups, have been hit, and hit hard -- to the point of actually missing work and visiting a doctor. Pounding headaches, acute gastrointestinal distress and sore throats seem to be the presenting, and persistent, symptoms.

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