The current pneumonia outbreak.

I have noticed that it is happening later in the Winter than usual; loads and LOADS of coughing and hacking and sneezing. Only ONE pneumonia case that I KNOW of in my office and one at the bank where I do business, I don't know it that's unusual or not.

Two of the managers where I work, out of 5 in the section, are out and one other was out for 2-3 days a week earlier.

Is this viral pneumonia? How else could it be an ourtbreak? Unless ... the terrorists in Mombasa have unleashed a super pneumonia virus !

It's from all the wonderful legal and illegal third world immigrants your government wants to populate the former US with. That way they have a poltically inept population that is easily controlled. So the attitude of the folks at the top is "...who cares if they're sick all the time?"

Another reason to Nuke any suspected al-Qaida hideouts!!!!

There is no more pneumonia this year than any other- in fact it's been a very good year. The one illness that can put a dent in the overall mortality on a seasonal basis is influenze, which in its more severe forms can give you a bad viral pneumonia, but this has been a rather good year for that.

Not where I am. I have never seen so many people with Pneumonia at the same time in my life.

In the past four years, no one from my social group has gotten pneumonia. But this year I know 2 that have had pneumonia and 4 others who have been ill enough to develop it had they not been so proactive in getting treatment. Maybe this is a slightly new strain of virus?

Where is this huge outbreak?

The only thing that comes up in a googlenews search is a rise in Wisconson due to underlying high flu levels.

New England, specifically Eastern and Central Massachusetts.

Because hordes of people are streaming across the border with all kinds of crap. Pray that your kids don't get TB.

After leaving Ames Iowa (The big XII Championship) I noticed I had a little cough. That cough developed into bronchitis then pneumonia. I have several co-workers out with the same thing. A lot of the kids from the big xii were sick with it also. It has been four weeks and I still don't feel 100% better yet.

i am currently suffering from pneumonia. I have a race in about 3 weeks and the doctor said i wont be able to run for antoher week. I have 3 differnt kinds of puffers to help my breathing and 2 types of pills. I can recall about 6-7 kids having pneumonia or bronchitis in my school. but my question is should i go out for a light run just to keep my legs in motion, or stay in bed and try to get better?

stay in bed.

I had it and I'm in Rhode Island. I had a ton of fluid in my lungs for about a week. My running during that period not surprisingly went downhill.

I am now in my 31st day with this grungy bronchitis. It is not as bad as 10 days ago.

Yesterday it was warmer up here in the Northeast, so I tried an easy 2.7-mile trot. I coughed up a small amount of phlegm at the end but that was all.

This AM I woke up coughing and hacking again, really frustrating.

I have already gone through a full course of antibiotics and am hearing more and more this week about people being sick all over...and with the maladies lasting much longer than usual.

How are the rest of you doing?

I'm sick and I know 4 other people who are sick;therefore, there must be a pneumonia outbreak? Let me take a guess, you didn't do very well on your SAT's did you?

Feel free to lick my used bedpan. Oh you are SO funny.

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I am now in my 31st day with this grungy bronchitis. It is not as bad as 10 days ago.

Yesterday it was warmer up here in the Northeast, so I tried an easy 2.7-mile trot. I coughed up a small amount of phlegm at the end but that was all.

This AM I woke up coughing and hacking again, really frustrating.

I have already gone through a full course of antibiotics and am hearing more and more this week about people being sick all over...and with the maladies lasting much longer than usual.

How are the rest of you doing?

I was down the entire month of January. Never have I been this sick with a respiratory ailment. I am in New England too.

As for running, it completely ended my running as I knew it. I am starting over from scratch and a shadow of my fitness last fall. I suggest people be careful attempting to return from this illness and I don't know how anyone could possibly think they could race for a long time coming off this.

Best to any all of you who have had the symptoms described here.

This thread is actually a help. A week ago I was as sick as I've ever been (six degrees of fever, sleeping 18 hours, terrible cough)--didn't realize that others (apparently) had gotten the same thing. By the way, I've had pneumonia and pleurisy before, and this was worse...

The doc gave me antibiotics, and a useful cough syrup so I could get through the night without coughing myself awake. I'm better, but still not well--thank god the fever's mostly gone, but I am still subject to randomly falling asleep, have zero energy, and can just barely get through the day. Any substantive thinking is beyond me (doesn't keep me from posting, of course).

And I leave for California in a couple days. Look out, Coast!