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2016 Postmortem

BlueStateLib

(937 posts) Sun Sep 11, 2016, 07:18 PM Sep 2016

Who gets walking pneumonia and how is it spread? [View all]

People who live and work in crowded places, such as schools, homeless shelters, and prisons have a higher risk of contracting the disease. That's because walking pneumonia is contagious. It's spread when someone comes in contact with droplets from the nose and throat of someone who has it. That commonly happens when the person with walking pneumonia sneezes or coughs.
http://www.webmd.com/lung/walking-pneumonia

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Who gets walking pneumonia and how is it spread? [View all] BlueStateLib Sep 2016 OP

I had it Lifelong Protester Sep 2016 #1

I Had It RobinA Sep 2016 #19

Sick building syndrome. JonathanRackham Sep 2016 #2

Man, ain't that the truth! Ligyron Sep 2016 #3

I had it. I was sounding like a barking bouvier when I coughed. My applegrove Sep 2016 #4

I had it in my early 20's. It was the result of having a chest cold that R B Garr Sep 2016 #5

I had it last year. crim son Sep 2016 #6

I had it earlier this year and it took two rounds of antibiotics, plus pred, to get rid of it. spooky3 Sep 2016 #16

Everyone in my close life has had walking pneumonia. LAS14 Sep 2016 #7

I had it. nasty Demsrule86 Sep 2016 #8

agreed! spooky3 Sep 2016 #17

Your list names schools. KIDS get mycoplasmal infections, and they are often pnwmom Sep 2016 #9

I've had it. Take your medicine and rest a bit and you're good to go. nolabear Sep 2016 #10

I get it every winter Loki Liesmith Sep 2016 #11

So does that mean her staff may likely get it now? n/t MichMan Sep 2016 #12

No... Adrahil Sep 2016 #20

My granddaughter and daughter both got it this year. n/t cynatnite Sep 2016 #13

I had it. I worked in a large retail store and got a cough, and then felt bad enough Nay Sep 2016 #14

Got it at the end of a summer many yrs ago. I remember because it was warm out and I wanted Person 2713 Sep 2016 #15

I had a friend get it from a chemical exposure womanofthehills Sep 2016 #18

It's amazing that more politicans don't get it when you think about how many hands they shake, CTyankee Sep 2016 #21