How Long Are You Contagious With The Flu?

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  • Опубліковано 22 січ 2025

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  • @Scribblescrabbly
    @Scribblescrabbly 5 років тому +111

    Been watching a bunch of flu vids because I currently have it. I must say this is among the most informative and fun to watch out there.

  • @hawkthehunter
    @hawkthehunter 7 років тому +174

    I've been coughing up mucus for 3 weeks, sorry but there is no way I could take that many sick days without being fired.

    • @nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988
      @nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988 Рік тому +6

      seems like a problem that your boss has to deal with, not you. you're only staying home as long as you feel too bad to work, any more than that is up to your boss, if he wants to risk you infecting other workers. and it's also his responsibility to get replacement for you. just inform him about what's up and go from there, everything else literally isnt your problem anymore.

    • @YuckFoutube-e1z
      @YuckFoutube-e1z Рік тому

      Doesn't always work like that. I just worked half a day when half dead. @@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988

    • @OonaNymn
      @OonaNymn Рік тому +12

      You are delusional, most bosses would fire you immediately if you took 3 weeks off...

    • @nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988
      @nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988 Рік тому +1

      @@OonaNymn what are you talking about
      not even hookers get fired for taking 3 weeks off
      you saying your job is worse than that? literally more replacable than a hooker?
      even if that were the case, at some point you just have to admit that your education means nothing and you chose the wrong career path

    • @HorrorFanatik
      @HorrorFanatik Рік тому +7

      @@OonaNymnthat is true but with the flu you need at least 2 weeks off

  • @Abelhawk
    @Abelhawk 7 років тому +124

    And this is why I wish companies would separate vacation days and sick days.

    • @MarkShaneHansen
      @MarkShaneHansen 6 років тому +9

      Which country doesn't?

    • @AH-bm4ts
      @AH-bm4ts 6 років тому +1

      Abelhawk at my job it's also combined under Paid time off but we accumulate time off based on hrs worked and it never expires.

    • @1jediwitch
      @1jediwitch 5 років тому +4

      @@MarkShaneHansen *USA* 😕😖😷

    • @maggge89
      @maggge89 3 роки тому +11

      All civilized countries do.

    • @antfarm183
      @antfarm183 2 роки тому +2

      That's because evil capitallist mega corporations don't care about us! ✊🏻🚩

  • @KlunkerRider
    @KlunkerRider 6 років тому +62

    This is why most businesses only give you 1 or 2 sick days then wonder why the entire office gets sick, stupid businesses.

    • @algalgod159
      @algalgod159 10 місяців тому +5

      Because the wellness of their employees is less important than the dollar profits they make, by a factor of exactly 7/2 = 3.5 - ofc this is a satirical comment, but it is true to most stupid businesses, and untrue to most smart ones.

    • @gailtriff3024
      @gailtriff3024 Місяць тому

      👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @BadRonald1
    @BadRonald1 6 років тому +34

    It's like my Mom said 3 days to get it, 3 days to have it, and 3 days for it to go a way.

    • @Human1136
      @Human1136 2 роки тому +1

      So like 9 days in total but 6 days that it lasts?

    • @BadRonald1
      @BadRonald1 2 роки тому

      @@Human1136 whatever

  • @elianasmith6330
    @elianasmith6330 2 роки тому +11

    Usually, I never comment on videos but your video is so convincing that I never stop myself to say something about it. You’re doing a great job Man, Keep it up.

  • @kerizmarolle9710
    @kerizmarolle9710 3 роки тому +18

    “Get out my house “😂😂 I have a flu and needed this laugh 😂

  • @dfinma
    @dfinma 6 років тому +4

    2:36 Sound guy in reflection and microphone cord in upper left corner. I'm glad they left it in :-)

  • @kyussandtheboys1790
    @kyussandtheboys1790 Рік тому +7

    Felt it taking its course Tuesday after work. Wednesday I was straight garbage and same for this morning. Now since noon I’ve felt great in comparison and feel good enough to go. I work at a factory with a lot of people tho and really dont want to spread it. I have the days but at the same time I feel bad for calling in. Suffer or suffer..

  • @danalarose846
    @danalarose846 Рік тому +5

    Lol I needed this. I'm super crabby from being stuck in bed for days, this is really informative and funny. "Get out of my house".

  • @sadielol9216
    @sadielol9216 5 років тому +7

    i got the flu after going to the mall symptoms started later that night when my friend was over and she ended up leaving. next few days was a living hell i was always dizzy, coughing, and throwing up. as of today it will be my 9th day with the flu and nothing is really helping with my throwing up issue. every time i eat or take my medicine i end up throwing it up. the doctor thought i was allergic to the medicine so they gave me pills instead which worked out the first 4 days of having it, but now every time i have it i end up throwing it back up. i am being taken to the doctor’s again today to see what the problem is, honestly just think it’s because of the flu but i will update later once i get back from the appointment.

  • @amandachristi1328
    @amandachristi1328 7 років тому +15

    Hi Maddie! Great video! Can you do one where you explain the difference between influenza and the stomach "flu"? I am so tired of explaining every year that influenza is respiratory and not gastrointestinal.

  • @khanjisantos
    @khanjisantos 2 роки тому +6

    That’s what I been saying, if it sounds like you got a cough. You’re contagious AF, you shouldn’t be near anyone n especially be at work

  • @KiRa-fy6uq
    @KiRa-fy6uq 10 місяців тому +2

    I have the flu for the first time right now

  • @piplupcola
    @piplupcola 7 років тому +24

    Dang now I don't wanna breathe anywhere now

  • @danielleanner2887
    @danielleanner2887 7 років тому +10

    I think the addition of Maddie is fine as long as Adam and his green chair stick around.

  • @USABeauboy
    @USABeauboy Рік тому +1

    Netti pot seems to work for me. Started using about a year ago ONLY when I feel a tingle coming on / virus in nose. Yes you can tell. Fatigue. Itchy nose. Sneezing. Boom! Catch it wash it out.

  • @karinedwards6944
    @karinedwards6944 6 років тому +24

    Great video! However it assumes that people have the opportunity to stay home from work. It would be great to add that if you do have to go to work, it helps a lot if the sick person wears a mask. Mask-wearing by the sick person is much more effective in preventing the spread of germs than healthy people wearing one.

    • @ChrisWEEZ
      @ChrisWEEZ Рік тому +4

      A mask comment PRE-COVID. Nice.

    • @karinedwards6944
      @karinedwards6944 Рік тому +2

      @@ChrisWEEZ Wow, thanks for noticing! Back then, it was common in Japan for sick people to mask up when in public. Now we have normalized it so people can have more choices. I like choices.

  • @jbi1839
    @jbi1839 4 роки тому +2

    This video deserves more view.

  • @AnubhavShah
    @AnubhavShah 6 років тому +3

    What about using purifiers/HEPA filters?

  • @maddisonmccarthy3084
    @maddisonmccarthy3084 6 років тому +4

    0:20 I want that lunch box, it is glorious

  • @lauravercammen8600
    @lauravercammen8600 7 років тому +3

    Can't wait to see more videos with Dr. Maddie!!!

  • @lindsnix13
    @lindsnix13 2 місяці тому +1

    I always take time off when I’m sick even though it comes out of my vacation time. Unfortunately a lot of my colleagues are not that considerate…

  • @krollpeter
    @krollpeter 6 місяців тому

    Thank you for just answering a relevant question without 15 minutes blabla ahead!

  • @Martarini
    @Martarini 2 роки тому +1

    My cousin just came over with the flu yesturday, she said her fever broke 4 days ago but she is still very symptomatic coughing and nose now im scared to get sick

  • @graveyardguild
    @graveyardguild 2 роки тому +9

    I'm on day 3 of the flu and my fever finally went down, and I'm debating on trying to go to work tomorrow or taking one more day to rest.. my body no longer hurts as bad but I still feel lightheaded with sore throat and cough. I feel incredibly guilty for taking 2 days off 😭😭 if I work the rest of the week I'll get my hours in I was supposed to get. If I take off one more day someone else can have my hours. But I feel like companies guilt trip you for trying to get better 😔

  • @danielneira2174
    @danielneira2174 7 років тому +20

    I have the flu right now :,,(

  • @heatto162
    @heatto162 4 роки тому +7

    Adam made me laugh...I have the flu right now and just cracked a beer lol...

  • @fleridameza9088
    @fleridameza9088 6 років тому +6

    "Get out of my house!" Lol!!

  • @oli2.019
    @oli2.019 7 років тому +3

    I never think I have had the flu and just the other week I was with two persons all day that had the flu and still nothing. Is there any factors that might help me not get infected or just don't notice it? I have read being healthy help but that is definently not the case

    • @skunkbear
      @skunkbear  7 років тому +4

      Hey Oli2.01, Maddie here! It's possible that your immune system is stellar, and that you simply fight off the virus before a full blown infection takes place. It's probably more likely that you are one of the many asymptomatic carriers, which means you have the flu, but don't have symptoms! Here's some more info: www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2005/cbnreport_103105.html

    • @AdventuresinBackpacking
      @AdventuresinBackpacking 6 років тому +5

      I didn't get the flu until I was 30, and I got it again this year, at age 37. You could have one of those genetic markers that makes you less susceptible to the flu, or you could have just been lucky up to this point.
      You'll know when you have the flu. There's no mistaking it. Suddenly, out of nowhere, your body aches all over and in random patterns, you skull feels like it's being literally crushed in by a hammer from all sides, you get a fever that goes up and down in a wonky like manner, your fever becomes extremely high (normal high, but high), and you feel completely weak. It's nothing like a cold. Not even the worst cold compares to what the flu is.

    • @FranciscoRodriguez-bl3ii
      @FranciscoRodriguez-bl3ii 5 років тому

      @@AdventuresinBackpacking Or ILI Influenza like Illness

  • @Di_bear
    @Di_bear 2 роки тому +3

    HA ha "Get out of my house!" I'm on Day 7 and I'm going into that post-flu muscle weakness. It SUCKS. I did take a day this last weekend to enjoy the old Irish cure though. Had to break into the bourbon.

  • @AndreiTache
    @AndreiTache 7 років тому +4

    Amazing video as allways!

  • @philochristos
    @philochristos 4 місяці тому

    So, how do you know when it's safe to go back to work?

  • @ddcatwoman25
    @ddcatwoman25 7 років тому +2

    I like his lunch box! Does things like elderberries really help keep you from getting sick or as sick?

  • @mpik1283
    @mpik1283 3 роки тому +6

    I'm here after covid 19 outbreak

  • @matthewwalker3131
    @matthewwalker3131 Місяць тому

    as a flue haver at time of writing, this was really helpful

  • @maxximumb
    @maxximumb 7 років тому +18

    Great video and I like Maddie, she make s a great host.

  • @nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988

    what if i'm sick for a week, am i still only contagious for that very week and then fine to go to work again?

  • @jfh7888
    @jfh7888 6 років тому +5

    I had the flu ones it was a living hell

  • @eunjoochung3998
    @eunjoochung3998 3 роки тому

    I had influenza long time but I had fatigue 1 one and then 2 fatigue not really tire

  • @ElevatorFan1428
    @ElevatorFan1428 2 роки тому +1

    0:27 Adam got the flu
    0:52 sneeze
    1:04

  • @dianafinkle3210
    @dianafinkle3210 7 років тому +1

    Really enjoyed the video but sad the captions end early. I guess the closing is something you reuse? If so, please reuse those captions as well. Thanks! :)

    • @skunkbear
      @skunkbear  7 років тому

      Thanks! We just added them.

  • @starthejar1419
    @starthejar1419 18 днів тому

    idk who to believe, half the world says you're sick a week after symptoms end and others say 24 hours after your last tempreture?

  • @normhagen1913
    @normhagen1913 Місяць тому +1

    Ahhhh…so basically from the day you feel good and do not have a fever…stay home for 7 days! 😂😂😂…I’ll give it 24hrs of no fever ( that’s no fever without the aid of medication ) before rejoining the world. And then one should be courteous and cover your damn mouth when you cough. Frankly anytime I get a respiratory illness including the common cold my cough last for weeks

  • @henryssurfshowcase
    @henryssurfshowcase 2 роки тому

    Excellent video thank you!..

  • @hapidragon
    @hapidragon 7 років тому +1

    Is this the same for a cold? Not like I know when I have one or the other....

    • @skunkbear
      @skunkbear  7 років тому +2

      Hi Pam H! Maddie here. The timeline is pretty similar for the common cold. As for which one
      you have... normally, adults don't get a fever with a cold but do with the flu. Also, the cold takes a while to ramp up, so you feel kind of crummy in the beginning and then steadily worse. The flu hits hard right away. Hope that helps!

    • @feel_good_feeds
      @feel_good_feeds Рік тому

      @@skunkbear Guess mine now is cold virus. Earaches last week, now worsening postnasal drip and tiredness walking around the house😪 Thanks for this!

  • @amogussus7451
    @amogussus7451 Рік тому +1

    I had it for 11 days plus I coughed HARD SO HARD that I puked unfortunately in Wednesday the chances are high

  • @godessoflove9727
    @godessoflove9727 2 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @spyralspyder
    @spyralspyder 5 років тому +3

    Doesn't matter. I dont have sick days.

  • @jennydoucette2538
    @jennydoucette2538 2 роки тому

    thanks

  • @kerishaross2549
    @kerishaross2549 2 роки тому

    I have had mine for about a month now idk what’s happening to me.

    • @jaspaltoor2061
      @jaspaltoor2061 Рік тому

      The virus has become your friend and doesn't want to leave you 😅

  • @JessKaRabbiT21604
    @JessKaRabbiT21604 6 років тому +1

    Husband had flu. Confined to bedroom and master bath. Away from the other household members. (I have a 2 yr old and a 15 yr old) He will be coming out of quarantine on day 8 (day 9 if you count the first day he felt sick) do I need to go crazy and clean every inch of the house? This is the info I cannot find anywhere. What do we need to do once he comes back to reality to continue to protect the rest of us? Please let me know! Thank u!

  • @Theauthenticmindset
    @Theauthenticmindset Рік тому

    That city need to lockdown ASAP

  • @scott98390
    @scott98390 7 років тому +3

    Great video - am I the only one that noticed the guy with the boom mic in the window @ the end?

    • @skunkbear
      @skunkbear  7 років тому +1

      That's a cameo from producer Ryan Kellman! You can catch glimpses of him in a few of our other videos as well - and his fingerprints are on all of them.

  • @Avelanche
    @Avelanche 4 роки тому

    OMG it's the quirky bold smart female type the world has been needing for tens of thousands of years!!

  • @lidu6363
    @lidu6363 4 роки тому

    This was not recommended to me but it should have been.

  • @7DeuceCutty212
    @7DeuceCutty212 2 роки тому

    Great vid

  • @slamfamilyy
    @slamfamilyy 2 роки тому

    I’m going on holidays in a week hopefully I get better!

  • @igano111
    @igano111 6 років тому +31

    I wish people would stop using this kind of hipster whistle generic music. It's like watching an ad for a cellphone plan. It's a real plague. Good video otherwise, subscribed.

    • @QuintinMassey
      @QuintinMassey 2 роки тому +2

      Lol! I agree. It’s way too pleasantville life is perfect, we’re all robots, and empty inside. I think since your comment though that it has gotten toned down. Thank the heavens.

    • @humanbeingfromearth
      @humanbeingfromearth 2 роки тому +2

      THIS is what u focus on

    • @ghostmane2643
      @ghostmane2643 Рік тому +1

      Bruh

  • @chachee15
    @chachee15 6 років тому

    does baking soda kill this?

  • @stevecrafter518
    @stevecrafter518 3 роки тому

    Yeah maddie, get out of his house. Stop trying to steal his stuff.

  • @tverdyznaqs
    @tverdyznaqs 7 років тому

    It's my 7th day after i got the flu. shouldn't have had gone to school today...oh well, now i know

  • @GabrielaCarmel
    @GabrielaCarmel Рік тому

    NOO NOT THE COUGHING IN THE HANDS

  • @SumanMukheja-jp1mh
    @SumanMukheja-jp1mh 3 місяці тому

    "Thanks to Planet Ayurveda's Giloy, I felt energized and flu-free throughout the season."

  • @adibbehroozitv6447
    @adibbehroozitv6447 7 років тому

    Nice

  • @ArgoPower
    @ArgoPower 4 роки тому

    please, make. the same. video. for. coronavirus

  • @joelmcquillan9309
    @joelmcquillan9309 2 роки тому

    Oh yeah - BR 2022

  • @sosheeanand3537
    @sosheeanand3537 4 роки тому

    How relevant in this corona crisis

  • @RuthBBrown
    @RuthBBrown 11 місяців тому

    Alcohol can do what??? Couldn't hear because of the "get out my house"

  • @viruscure4677
    @viruscure4677 Рік тому

    A virus is gonna virus thats my motto.....

  • @dianefitzpatrick7774
    @dianefitzpatrick7774 7 років тому

    Do I get sick pay too?? 😄

  • @Ayoutuberwhoplaysroblox
    @Ayoutuberwhoplaysroblox 2 місяці тому

    I have the flu rn

  • @butterflytiffany
    @butterflytiffany 2 роки тому

    🤣🤣🤣👍🏽

  • @SaucerJess
    @SaucerJess 7 років тому

    💚

  • @hko2006
    @hko2006 7 років тому

    Get a mask!

  • @JenniferGarner-dd6bb
    @JenniferGarner-dd6bb 3 дні тому

    I have the flu

  • @megamaze00
    @megamaze00 2 роки тому +1

    God, the “powerful female”/“dopey male” bit is so cringy at this point.

    • @Human1136
      @Human1136 2 роки тому

      It wasn't what God intended either