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

[LemonSherbetFancies]

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

We get this at school. Parents up in arms wailing about pneumonia because the kids are playing outside in the rain . At least they can’t see me mouthing “for fucks sake” behind my mask…

@LemonSherbetFancies

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.

It's definitely just you...

This reminds me of a case a few years ago (in my workplace) where someone has been out in the rain, claimed to have got a cold because their hair got wet and went on long term sick. Needed an OH referral to investigate whether her wet hair had made them ill.

@MrsDThomas

How old are you?

You sound like a granny.

I think a lot of grandmothers here will take exception to that.

Being a 'granny' doesn't automatically make you spout uneducated nonsense.

Oh dear well I expect mine will be ill tomorrow as they were swimming/playing in the sea and rock pools this evening

www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/emerging/h5n1background.pdf

Persistence in water
Avian influenza viruses can persist for extended periods of time in water, although
quantitative information on the subtype H5N1 is lacking. Data and findings from studies
on other avian influenza subtypes are presented below and summarized in Annex 1.
One study (2) showed the avian influenza subtype H3N6 resuspended in Mississippi
River (USA) water was detected for up to 32 days at 4°C

32 days in the Mississippi ?

I grew up wild swimming in lakes and rivers. It's completely normal in many places around the world.
No, you don't catch virus like that from it.😂
You catch other natsies, but also if it's REALLY hot fish because they can get bit drowsy in shallow waters ona proper hot day😁

On the contrary, I’d be SO surprised my eyes would pop out of my head like a cartoon characters

@MrsDThomas

How old are you?

You sound like a granny.

What a stupid thing to say. If anything, my "granny" would have thought the OP's idea was even more ridiculous than I do!

Maybe the river/lake mermaids coughed on him and he caught it that way

@Forstarters

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

Surely everyone has this after the last 12 months plus?!

@LemonSherbetFancies

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.

@LemonSherbetFancies

It's more likely he has leptospirosis - it can be life threatening - please alert your neighbour

www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/from-insects-animals/Pages/Illness-From-Animals-Leptospirosis.aspx

Surely everyone has this after the last 12 months plus?!
😂😂😂😂

Unless they are playing along with someone who has a virus it really won't have been that.

A stomach upset maybe. Flu or cold? No.

@Veterinari

Weil’s disease is vanishingly rare in the UK (where cold water swimming is a very popular sport). About 50 cases a year and some of those will have been caught abroad. She doesn’t need to alert her neighbour to anything. I’m sure the parents of the child in question are able to tell if their child needs medical attention.

@LemonSherbetFancies

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.

Yeah I think it is just you.

Umm- do you know how colds and flus are transmitted OP?

😂😂😂

There's an episode of Waffle where the next door neighbor lands in a paddling pool and immediately starts sneezing and says she's caught a cold. It drives me crazy, you don't get a cold from being wet or cold!

That said, one of my friends did get Weil's disease from swimming in our local river in the 90s. I would definitely be wary, though I know water quality is much, much better nowadays.

OP could you explain how viral disease transmission such as flu or or a cold is linked to swimming in a river?

It’s definitely not self-explanatory, nor does it have any basis in any kind of medical science I’m aware of, but I’m intrigued!

Perhaps he was just 'angling' for a day off school?

I think you disapproved of the river play and seem keen for a causal link as justification for why it wasn’t okay. I’m afraid the facts aren’t on your side here!

I did once come down with pneumonia the morning after going out late at night without a coat! Hospitalised and the lot. I maintain it wasn't related though.

@chipsandgin

OP could you explain how viral disease transmission such as flu or or a cold is linked to swimming in a river?

It’s definitely not self-explanatory, nor does it have any basis in any kind of medical science I’m aware of, but I’m intrigued!

It’s because in the past, people were always banging on about going out and being cold makes you catch a cold. Hence swimming in a cold lake or river would make you cold and hey presto the next day you have a cold. Where the phrase- don’t go out in that rain, you’ll catch your death etc. Very old fashioned.