Category: Health (Page 5 of 8)

I’m still a sick puppy, but more operational.  Frequent neti blasts, saltwater gargling and more sleep have done wonders.  My sleep was fraught with mundane fever dreams, but woke feeling like I was over the hump.

Before bed, I tried some Vicks, and found that I couldn’t smell it.  Peanut butter confirmed it.  Does that happen for any reason other than the Wuhan flu?  I’m not going to get a Covid test, because screw Fauci.

This morning, I can smell again, and my temperature is up just a bit.  I still have chest corruption, but that is usually the last symptom to clear up.

Newsweek: Norovirus surge is worst in a decade.

This is slanderous.  Why do we put up with such chicanery? 

The norovirus is stomach flu.  It causes intestinal distress for a couple of days.

The “noro” prefix refers to Norwalk, Ohio.  

From Wikipedia:

In the United States, it is the cause of about half of all foodborne disease outbreaks.  The virus is named after the city of Norwalk, Ohio, US, where an outbreak occurred in 1968.

Now come on, stomach flu wasn’t invented in Norwalk.  That outbreak wasn’t noteworthy in any way, but some wag decided to denigrate a small Ohio town, and nobody did anything about it.

Covid started in Wuhan, China.  It killed millions of people, but can’t call it the China flu because that would be racist.  Norovirus is fine. 

The fact that a bio-lab in Wuhan, China did just that kind of virus research, the lab protocols were known to be sloppy, everyone was called a conspiracy theorist for asking the question, and now, nobody cares where the virus originated, suggests it came from the Wuhan Lab.  Why not call it the Wuhan flu?

Recall that initially, it was called a corona virus because it resembled a corona.  Everyone thought that sounded sciencey, but the Corona beer people weren’t happy.  We settled on Covid-19.

Norwalk should be known for it’s raceway, not for a common stomach flu.

I’m a sick puppy.  My actual puppy is good as new.  Sparky had been snorting quite a bit, but I gave him a can of Campbell’s chicken soup for breakfast, and that did the trick.

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Nothing extraordinary, it just feels like I caught a cold.  My sinuses aren’t behaving in their  customary manner.  No congestion, just draining and a mildly irritated throat.

I have a routine that I follow when a cold is coming on.  Avoid going out, rest as much as possible and get plenty of fluids.  Let my body focus on healing.

Now that I think about it, except for having more soup, it’s indistinguishable from my normal routine.

On Tuesday, I maxed out on the bench press at 175 pounds, which is 5 pounds more than my high school maximum.

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CNBC: Nestle launches Vital Pursuit

People take these to work, and eat with their friends.  “Healthy Choice” and “Lean Cuisine” invite criticism if you courteously accept a cupcake that someone brought in for Dessert Thursday.  “Hungry Man” announces that even you don’t believe you are big-boned.  “Marie Callender’s” declares that you really are better than them.

More food brands should be named like a military operation. 

Taco Bell could move into frozen meals under the “Rolling Thunder” or “Urgent Fury” brand

Have a “Vital Pursuit” for lunch with a couple of Red Bulls, and you are Tommy Lee Jones, going after The Fugitive.  Your afternoon plan may be to teach Algebra 1 to a bunch of mopes who sniffed out all the dry erase markers, but you’re ready for that too.