{"id":363,"date":"2010-11-12T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2010\/11\/7-quick-takes-friday-the-flu-edition\/"},"modified":"2015-01-11T17:40:39","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T22:40:39","slug":"7-quick-takes-friday-the-flu-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2010\/11\/7-quick-takes-friday-the-flu-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes Friday: The Flu Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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I\u2019m feeling dull and still flu-ish, though thankfully the vomiting has stopped, so these might be dull and flu-ish as well. Sorry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

#7<\/div>\n
The Plague<\/div>\n
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I\u2019m not so sure that reading Connie Willis\u2019 Doomsday Book <\/i>was really a good idea for me. I have a horribly overactive imagination, particularly when it comes to my children, so since reading that book I\u2019ve been checking their armpits for buboes anytime they have a runny nose. There\u2019s something wrong with me.<\/div>\n
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#6<\/div>\n
Outbreak<\/div>\n
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Do you guys remember Outbreak? <\/i>This movie began my pseudo-survivalist paranoia that I now battle on a daily basis. But leaving that aside, I\u2019m sure this was Patrick Dempsey\u2019s finest hour. Everything else he\u2019s been in has pretty much sucked. Especially <\/i>Grey\u2019s Anatomy. Haven\u2019t they canceled that show yet? Even Katherine Heigl couldn\u2019t make it better, and when she can\u2019t make something better you know it\u2019s doomed.<\/div>\n
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#5<\/div>\n
H1N1<\/div>\n
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This time last year, my mother-in-law was pretty upset with me for not getting the H1N1 shot. But I just couldn\u2019t do it. I don\u2019t trust pharmaceutical companies, and the fact that they distributed a practically untested vaccine against a virus that had just appeared a few months before really made me nervous. Add to that my general inclination against unnecessary vaccines and my knee-jerk reaction to not do something when the government tells me that my children and I will die a horrible, horrible death <\/i>if we don\u2019t, and you can see why I didn\u2019t go for the H1N1 much-hyped vaccine.<\/div>\n
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#4<\/div>\n
Vindication<\/div>\n
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Then I was vindicated when, in an episode of V, the government (which had been infiltrated by giant lizards disguised as humans) puts some sort of genetic component into our flu vaccine. Leaving out the part about giant lizards, this is not implausible. I mean, it could happen. And it makes me really suspicious that the government is so heavy-handed about pushing a flu vaccine that, at best, protects against maybe half of the various flu strains that bounce around each season and can\u2019t possibly have been thoroughly tested since they change it every year.<\/div>\n
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#3<\/div>\n
You Might Call Me<\/div>\n
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a conspiracy theorist. You might be right.<\/div>\n
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#2<\/div>\n
Personally<\/div>\n
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I think characters who are conspiracy theorists are easily the most fascinating and entertaining characters. Take Hodgins from Bones. In it\u2019s worst moments, he\u2019s the only person that makes the show worth watching. In it\u2019s best moments, he\u2019s still the most enjoyable presence in the show. I\u2019m not sure if that charm translates into real life, though. This actually could explain my recent dearth of friends. Maybe people think I\u2019m less a charming nut and more like<\/div>\n
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#1<\/div>\n
A Crackpot<\/div>\n
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So in an attempt to make amends for these lame-duck quick takes, here\u2019s a heart-wrenching video in honor of Veteran\u2019s Day.<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uSMlIM9zLio?fs=1<\/a><\/div>\n

Thank you to all of our troops, those who came home, those who are still fighting, and especially those who will never come home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, as we receive from this altar
\nthe sacred body and blood of your Son,
\nlet us be filled with every grace and blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n

(For more quick takes, go see Jen <\/a>at Conversion Diary)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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