sick in Yuma
Just got off the phone with a friend of mine who is in Yuma and he said a lot of people are sick with valley fever , the hospital is full and they won't let you visit for fear you will get sick too.
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ol Bombero-JC wrote:
BTW - BIL lives in the same San Fernando Valley (Granada Hills, CA) house he had during the Northridge E-quake. Close to all the resultant damage (including his neighborhood).
Lots of his neighbors from the same era are still there also.
Nobody had any problems with Valley Fever.
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Is it possible that folks that have lived a long time in endemic areas are just less susceptible to the more serious effects than those from elsewhere?
I ask because according to the U. of A. Valley Fever page, here quoting "Most cases (60%) have no symptoms or only very mild flu-like symptoms and do not see a doctor."
That page goes on to say that an initial infection/bout usually confers lifetime immunity except in some folks who develop weakened systems later on in life.
