To think that if you let your kids....

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Swim/play in the river, you should not be surprised if they come down with a flu/cold the next day?

You cannot catch flu from a river 🙄

Do you actually believe that a cold / flu comes from a river or being cold?

I'd definitely be surprised since rivers don't carry viruses.

Why would they though? Should I be surprised if the catch COVID that way too or gonorrhoea?

They are not the cleanest of places though are they?

😂😂

Why would they be linked?
Rivers may have bacteria or weird bugs but not flu/cold viruses.

What? Of course I'd be surprised. The swim would have nothing to do with the cold/flu and in my experience, colds/flu have been virtually non-existent since we've all been wearing masks, washing hands etc.

Your child can get bacteria or an infection from
A dirty river or stream. You absolutely can't get Cold or flu from a river

Do you want to share the context of this question OP?

Are you my grandmother?

You do know you can't catch a cold or a virus from a river, right?

Wtf?! These sort of situations is what the saying bless your heart was invented for I swear

oh OP - bless you!

I'm not sure how you would catch a cold or flu from a river.

Neighbours sons went swimming in a river yesterday and today the youngest woke up with a fever and sore throat. Mum was really surprised by it and couldn't work out why he had got ill.
Maybe just me but I would have thought it was self explanatory.

You cannot catch flu or a cold from swimming in a river.

also you wont get piles from siting on a step

Is it fish flu?

This is the weirdest thread ever! You know flu can only be transferred between humans not from water or river creatures right?

Aside from that if you live rurally there are plenty of clean rivers for kids to play in, they don't suddenly become sick from it. The local playground will have all kinds of bacteria living in pigeon pop etc you just make sure kids wash their hands properly.

I think you need a basic understanding of viruses 😂 educate yourself!

So no, it is not self explanatory. Unless you have reinvented science.

I have found that when I let my children play outdoors in nature they come back glowing and happy. Unless you're letting them play next to some kind of open sewage outlet I think they'll be fine 😀

It's not self explanatory as you can't catch viruses from a river, you catch them from other people. How do you not know this given the last year?

I don't know why the mum is surprised about her dc being ill though, children get ill from being around other children.

Neighbours sons went swimming in a river yesterday and today the youngest woke up with a fever and sore throat. Mum was really surprised by it and couldn't work out why he had got ill.
Maybe just me but I would have thought it was self explanatory

Have you suggested a PCR test for the river? Can’t be too careful