Reply #174: sister woke up this morning with a sore throat

[kainah]

But I'm not ready to panic. She was with me all day and, although I have a chronic illness and a weakened immune system, I'm fine. Then again, I think my body's immunities are so disordered I often avoid something that everyone gets.

Still, there were probably 1/4 a million people in DC last Saturday. And, for many, it was a long and exhausting (albeit uplifting) experience with long travel, strange foods, disruption of sleep schedules, etc. All the things that ordinarily bring on things like colds and flu.

Kestrel seems to have it about right. If you're feeling sick, get to a doctor and tell them you were in DC where they found tularemia in the air.