[-] scripty@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Do you have any examples?

[-] scripty@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago

I don't really understand QM. At a human level, does this affect free will?

[-] scripty@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I know that it sounds ridiculous. I am almost certainly wrong lol. I just want something to make this coughing stop though -- I don't care if it's opium like I'm in the 19th century, or if it's a sugar pill pretending to be an anti viral.

[-] scripty@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm no medicinologist but, anecdotally, I am convinced that anti biotics help recover from the flu much much faster, and can also help prevent complications.

My home country was pretty lax on drug enforcement, and doctors would prescribe antibiotics if your fever hadn't broken in ~3 days (or sooner if you nagged them enough). Getting started on anti biotics would lead to recovery in a day or two at most.

The govt. bodies are getting stricter now, and it's harder to get antibiotics. Pretty much everyone around me has longer and longer recovery times. In just the last two years, 3 people I know (granted, they're 60-70 year olds) have had to be hospitalized (2 pneumonia, 1 I don't remember) after their condition deteriorated.

I know that's it's widely accepted that antibiotics don't help fight the flu, but it's my pulled-it-out-of-my-ass hypothesis that it does help ward off all the other crap allowing the immune system to fight the viruses more effectively leading to faster recovery.

Also, in my home country we used to get paracetamol/acetaminophen injections when the fever spiked too much. But I'm currently in Canada and the recommended "just eat soup and hydrate" is BS. We're just left to fend for ourselves with no option minimize harm /discomfort/symptoms unless you're on deaths door. I'm guessing that most of the rest of the developed world is like this too?

Sincerely, Suffering from flu

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[-] scripty@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago

I totally get all of that. Wouldn't all of that hold true if you were having breakfast on a table/kitchen island too though? I'm specifically confused about what makes having it in bed special.

[-] scripty@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

I suppose you don't HAVE to. But I find it unhygienic to eat before brushing my teeth as soon as I wake up. Might just be my personal issue. 🤷‍♂️

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I've never understood the appeal, or how it works.

  • do people just wake up and start consuming food/drink without brushing their teeth & washing their face?
  • if not, do they get out of bed to wash up and then get back in bed to eat!?
  • what's the appeal? I get liking someone else making your breakfast, but why is having it in bed fun?

scripty

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