Would you give yourself the flu for £3750?

Absoluvely · 02-02-2014 3:24am

masti123 wrote: »

what exactly is a flu and how is it similar to a cold?

Influenza, commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae, the influenza viruses.

It can be difficult to distinguish between the common cold and influenza in the early stages of these infections, but a flu can be identified by a high fever with a sudden onset and extreme fatigue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza

sawdoubters · 02-02-2014 3:27am

people are dying from the flu

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/01/31/flu-deaths-in-california-jump-to-147/

Turtwig · 02-02-2014 3:27am

masti123 wrote: »

what exactly is a flu and how is it similar to a cold?

Cold is to apple as flu is to orange. I've never experienced the flu. A cold is generally just a bit of a sniffle, a cough, maybe a light fever. A flu is like somebody punched the stuffing out you and you punching the stuffing out of them so much than none of your muscles feel like they can function.

gctest50 · 02-02-2014 3:51am

Jernal wrote: »

Absolutely not!

Influenza is an awful dose. Once you get it there's no way of predicting the effects it will have your on body. Even a mild dose of flu can produce lasting complications. ................

Can lead to heart attacks , type 1 diabetes & sorts down the line apparently

In the five published trials, within 1 year of follow-up, only 95 of the 3,238 patients (2.9%) given the flu vaccine experienced a major adverse cardiovascular event, compared with 151 of 3,231 patients (4.7%) given a placebo or control.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/267777.php

Doctors in Japan and Italy have reported many newly diagnosed cases of type 1 diabetes in people who had recently had flu, and an upsurge in type 1 diabetes after the 2009 pandemic.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/267777.php

- i'm sure there's better examples out there

Jesus Wept · 02-02-2014 5:31am

No

I'd tell them to give me two doses, 8 grand.

Oranage2 · 02-02-2014 6:03am

I'd be more worried about the drugs they'd give you to cure it.

Anyway no, 4k is pocket change, not worth risking my health over it.

Fred Swanson · 02-02-2014 6:08am

No

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02-02-2014 7:14am

Thread is full of people who've never had proper flu and this place would likely be giving you even worse, thus the money. I wouldn't do it unless my situation took a severe dive.

COYVB · 02-02-2014 7:23am

I've had the flu twice. It's awful. Like being hit by a train. Multiple times

But I'd still take 4k sterling to do it again

BetterThanThou · 02-02-2014 7:48am

I'd consider getting infected with the flu for €100, provided I had no plans for the next few weeks. Though, I don't think I'd like to participate in any clinical trials to try drugs which have never been tested on anyone else, I could be left with permanent side effects.

MonaPizza · 02-02-2014 8:43am

What's so bad about the flu? It's not that bad. You're dizzy, your joints ache, you are congested, snotty, spluttering, wheezing, throat like razorblades, etc.

(sounds like my usual Saturday morning)

Jokes aside...you just stay in bed and overdose on liquids, sleep, with low volume gentle music playing in the corner.
A week of that sounds like the perfect vacation. Sh!t, I'd pay for a week in the cot being brought lem-sips and having my temperature checked.

Not 3750 quid but maybe 50.

whirlpool · 02-02-2014 8:59am

I got cold sweats and shivers just reading the title of this thread, so I'm gonna go with no.

Cienciano · 02-02-2014 9:16am

Absoluvely wrote: »

Influenza, commonly known as "the flu", is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae, the influenza viruses.

It can be difficult to distinguish between the common cold and influenza in the early stages of these infections, but a flu can be identified by a high fever with a sudden onset and extreme fatigue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza

Thanks wikibot

Arthur Beesley · 02-02-2014 11:55am

Tax free?

Does the flu shot not give you the flu?

Chazz Michael Michaels · 02-02-2014 11:58am

No. People underestimate the flu. It can and does kill.

Guy:Incognito · 02-02-2014 12:00pm

No

Oranage2 wrote: »

Anyway no, 4k is pocket change, not worth risking my health over it.

Can I have your pocket change?

galwayrush · 02-02-2014 12:01pm

I have the flu atm. If I knew I could have gotten paid to feel like this, of course I would have taken the money.

quickbeam · 02-02-2014 12:09pm

masti123 wrote: »

what exactly is a flu and how is it similar to a cold?

If you heard there was €50 stuck in a rosebush in your back garden, then if you go out to find it then it's a cold you have. If you say it's too much trouble then it's the flu you have.

People who say flu isn't that bad haven't actually had the flu, just a bad cold. You'd not be up, you'd not be on the internet, you'd not be back at work in a week. The flu is an awful disease.

RobertKK · 02-02-2014 12:45pm

No, I got the flu a number of years ago, a young adult and it took about 3 weeks to feel fully recovered.
It can potentially kill and shouldn't be underestimated, that is why there is the flu vaccine and updated every year.

Mint Sauce · 02-02-2014 12:48pm

MonaPizza wrote: »

What's so bad about the flu? It's not that bad. You're dizzy, your joints ache, you are congested, snotty, spluttering, wheezing, throat like razorblades, etc.

(sounds like my usual Saturday morning)

Jokes aside...you just stay in bed and overdose on liquids, sleep, with low volume gentle music playing in the corner.
A week of that sounds like the perfect vacation. Sh!t, I'd pay for a week in the cot being brought lem-sips and having my temperature checked.

Not 3750 quid but maybe 50.

Thats just a cold thats taken a day or two than normal to clear up.

BillyMitchel · 02-02-2014 12:54pm

No

I've survived swine flu. Yes I'd do it no problem.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 02-02-2014 1:06pm

No

I had the flu once, my nose was a bit runny and I had a bit of a cough...couple of hot whiskeys and I was as right as rain again. I'd do it again for €3750 in fact I'd do it for €37.50...

02-02-2014 1:17pm

CJC999 wrote: »

I had the flu once, my nose was a bit runny and I had a bit of a cough...couple of hot whiskeys and I was as right as rain again. I'd do it again for €3750 in fact I'd do it for €37.50...

Some antibiotics would have cleared that up in less than a day.

Red Pepper · 02-02-2014 1:21pm

No

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Worth it? It's a daycent bit of cash but the flu is some pain in the bollocks all the same!

I only had the real flu once but it was a nightmare.

These people that take a couple of days off work with "flu" and then land in fresh as a daisy wreck my head. The real flu marks you for life!

Tzardine · 02-02-2014 1:23pm

No

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

First doctor I went to said I had acute bronchitis.

Aint nobody got time for that

Paulie Gualtieri · 02-02-2014 1:26pm

No

Of course I'd take it . sure I get the flu anyway so might as well get paid for it. Plus the longest flu I ever had only lasted a week . so a nice little payday.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 02-02-2014 1:50pm

No

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Some antibiotics would have cleared that up in less than a day.

The hot whiskey worked after a few hours, I think. Not sure as I was so pissed.

McChubbin · 02-02-2014 3:05pm

No

I had swine flu once. Jesus, that was rotten. There were parts of me I never knew existed that ached and trembled. My head felt like it weighed a ton and I was barfing for Ireland. Even so, provided it's just your common garden variety flu, I'd take the shot if it meant getting a few grand.
I could use a holiday.

COYVB · 02-02-2014 4:03pm

CJC999 wrote: »

I had the flu once, my nose was a bit runny and I had a bit of a cough...couple of hot whiskeys and I was as right as rain again. I'd do it again for €3750 in fact I'd do it for €37.50...

You had a cold. Not influenza

smurgen · 02-02-2014 4:22pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Some antibiotics would have cleared that up in less than a day.

Antibiotics don't work on colds or flu.I'd do it no bother.realively fit young male so it would be a few days of hell and at the end of it I'd have a few grand,probably lost a bit of weight aswell.before anyone asks I had the real flu twice and it wasn't so bad. I know it can kill but some people here are being overly dramatic.

Jesus Wept · 02-02-2014 4:23pm

No

Oranage2 wrote: »

I'd be more worried about the drugs they'd give you to cure it.

Anyway no, 4k is pocket change, not worth risking my health over it.

No it isn't.

the_syco · 02-02-2014 6:00pm

Oranage2 wrote: »

I'd be more worried about the drugs they'd give you to cure it.

Agreed. The clinical trials are not to see what the flu does to you, it's to see which drug gives the least side effects over the course of the trial period.

Example of when sh|t goes wrong.

The men had serious symptoms, including vital organ failure, fever and low blood pressure. They had to be treated in the intensive care unit at the NHS Northwick Park Hospital in Middlesex. The men survived, but their health was permanently compromised.

dee_mc · 02-02-2014 6:03pm

No

Hell yeah I would, have had the (real) flu more than once and survived it so set me up with a supply of DVDs, water and my bed - bring it on!

Filibuster · 02-02-2014 6:16pm

No way. I once had a very bad flu which led to pneumonia. I wouldn't accept any money to suffer through that again.

rosiem · 02-02-2014 6:24pm

No way have only ever had one flu and I would never wish it on anybody never mind bring it on yourself

Foxhound38 · 02-02-2014 7:42pm

No

CJC999 wrote: »

The hot whiskey worked after a few hours, I think. Not sure as I was so pissed.

I've had the flu a few times more than I'd like...

Drinking was not what sounded appealing to me at the time, as I recall

19-02-2014 7:17am

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm a very healthy young(ish!) woman. The flu is unlikely to kill me. I'd have to go without Internet for a few days because when I have the flu I can hardly open my eyes or lift my head. But if I was getting a few grand at the end of it then I'd manage!

I take it all back. Karma got me and now I have flu and I'm getting no monies. I'm currently drugged up to my eyeballs which is why I can post for now but it won't last. It lures you into this false sense of security and then BAM you feel like you're about to die again.

I can't swallow. I'm absolutely soaking wet but if I take my duvet off I'll be freezing. I'm getting what feels like electric shocks all over me. Everything aches. My bones. My joints. My skin. It feels like someone is sitting on my chest and one side of my throat resembles the elephant man. Sudden movements make it feel like someone is trying to vacuum pack my brain. Yesterday I managed to eat a petit filous and have a hot whiskey. Light hurts my head and I can't stand up without feeling like I'm going to cry.

I'd rather be put down that given €4,000 right now >.<

19-02-2014 8:31am

I'm tempted to say yes since I'm young and (relatively) healthy so it would be unlikely to kill me and would probably pass after a few days. I've never had flu before though so I can't know for sure if it really is as bad as people describe.

bobwilliams · 19-02-2014 8:38am

No

I got it once and it was great.....I don't mean having it was great but it was the first time ever that I rang in sick and didn't have to put that voice on.:D

I got it from swimming in the Irish sea in the middle of summer probably for too long, swallowing some water and jesus it knocked me for six.

Feisar · 19-02-2014 8:38am

Had a flu once when I was a nipper, wouldn't chance it now as I'm getting on in years, thirty next month.

keithclancy · 19-02-2014 10:41am

Once they cure all the diseases then people will die from starvation and poor air quality.

Either that or another World War to cure the population problem.

noodler · 19-02-2014 10:43am

Its a placebo.

They are giving you leprosy.

olliesgirl55 · 19-02-2014 10:55am

No

If the study came to Ireland Id be first in line.

19-02-2014 10:57am

smurgen wrote: »

Antibiotics don't work on colds or flu.

Missed this first time around - I was only being facetious
- incase anyone thinks I'm dosing myself up on antibiotics!

Dancor · 19-02-2014 11:12am

I'm suffering with flu since Monday and I only thought of this thread yesterday. Would I self inflict myself with the flu for a few bob? Not a ****ing chance.

eyeball kid · 19-02-2014 12:07pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I take it all back. Karma got me and now I have flu and I'm getting no monies. I'm currently drugged up to my eyeballs which is why I can post for now but it won't last. It lures you into this false sense of security and then BAM you feel like you're about to die again.

I can't swallow. I'm absolutely soaking wet but if I take my duvet off I'll be freezing. I'm getting what feels like electric shocks all over me. Everything aches. My bones. My joints. My skin. It feels like someone is sitting on my chest and one side of my throat resembles the elephant man. Sudden movements make it feel like someone is trying to vacuum pack my brain. Yesterday I managed to eat a petit filous and have a hot whiskey. Light hurts my head and I can't stand up without feeling like I'm going to cry.

I'd rather be put down that given €4,000 right now >.<

Yeah, that sounds like flu alright. Sympathies to you. Its a nasty dose.
Had it once and got pneumonia out of it. Not something I'd want to go through again, thank you very much.

xabi · 19-02-2014 12:11pm

Dancor wrote: »

I'm suffering with flu since Monday and I only thought of this thread yesterday. Would I self inflict myself with the flu for a few bob? Not a ****ing chance.

Cant be that bad of a flu if you're online.

thejaguar · 19-02-2014 12:15pm

No

Booking my honeymoon at the moment. I'll take anything they want for ~€5k bump to the honeymoon fund.

19-02-2014 12:15pm

xabi wrote: »

Cant be that bad of a flu if you're online.

Ah it can be. If you have taken enough drugs. You get bouts of feeling like you *might* be ok. Right now I'm in bed. Lying in a pool of sweat. Afraid to move my head because of the pain (see vacuum pack description above). My legs are aching and don't work very well but if I stay in this position I'll be ok for a wee while, then the crying will begin again when the drugs begin to wear off but I can't take any more for another couple of hours.

Cupcake_Crisis · 19-02-2014 12:33pm

Having had a dose of the flu so severe a few years ago that I would have gladly welcomed death in my front door and made him a cup of tea if he granted me a swift release from my unrelenting agony, I'd have to say....... I'd give it some serious thought. 4 grand like.....

Would you give yourself the flu for £3750?

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