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blueinredohio

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9. When I went to the rheumatologist I had a cough and runny nose.

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Wed Jun 5, 2019, 02:45 PM

Jun 2019

I put on a mask because at the time I really didn't know what it was but there's a lot of older people there. It's harder for them to get over being sick. The lady sitting next to me thanked me for it.

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Just had to kick a guy out of the clinic for coughing like crazy and refusing to wear a scrub mask. [View all] Aristus Jun 2019 OP

TB? ret5hd Jun 2019 #1

Probably not. Aristus Jun 2019 #4

Thank you. If I were sitting in the waiting room, I'd move or leave (especially when they... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #2

Well, he copped an attitude with me after I asked him three times to put on a mask. Aristus Jun 2019 #5

Parking lot triage... Even hospitals (who follow ID control guidelines) do it. hlthe2b Jun 2019 #3

Air out the room, bring out the Lysol and Ilsa Jun 2019 #6

Good for you....why does he get to make the others as sick as him? samnsara Jun 2019 #7

We've got a cold going around here that has a hellish cough that lasts weeks. hunter Jun 2019 #8

When I went to the rheumatologist I had a cough and runny nose. blueinredohio Jun 2019 #9

Thank you for that. Aristus Jun 2019 #10

I'm old enough to remember what whooping cough sounds like. Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #11

I hardly ever encounter that anymore, thanks to immunization. Aristus Jun 2019 #12

As you know, it's extremely contagious. Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #13

That's for sure... Aristus Jun 2019 #14