Flu
noun
A common illness that makes you feel very tired and weak, gives you a sore throat, and makes you cough and have to clear your throat often.
Alice couldn't come to school because she got the flu.
Often appears as...
- catch the flu
- die from flu
noun
A specific type of flu caused by a certain virus.
There was a swine flu outbreak in 2009.
Often appears as...
- bird flu
- swine flu
noun
A common illness that makes you feel very tired and weak, gives you a sore throat, and makes you cough and have to clear your throat often.
Alice couldn't come to school because she got the flu.
Often appears as...
- catch the flu
- die from flu
noun
A specific type of flu caused by a certain virus.
There was a swine flu outbreak in 2009.
Often appears as...
- bird flu
- swine flu
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Seasonal Timing
Flu is more common during certain seasons, especially winter, which can be relevant in discussions.
Flu cases usually increase during the winter months.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Cold
Don't confuse the flu with a common cold; flu symptoms are usually more severe and abrupt.
She's really sick with high fever; it's more like the flu than a cold.
Pro Tip 3/3Vaccination Context
Talk about the flu often includes discussions about flu shots, an annual vaccine to prevent it.
Did you get your flu shot this year to protect against the flu?
Pro Tip 1/3Seasonal Timing
Flu is more common during certain seasons, especially winter, which can be relevant in discussions.
Flu cases usually increase during the winter months.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Cold
Don't confuse the flu with a common cold; flu symptoms are usually more severe and abrupt.
She's really sick with high fever; it's more like the flu than a cold.
Pro Tip 3/3Vaccination Context
Talk about the flu often includes discussions about flu shots, an annual vaccine to prevent it.
Did you get your flu shot this year to protect against the flu?
Pro Tip 1/3Seasonal Timing
Flu is more common during certain seasons, especially winter, which can be relevant in discussions.
Flu cases usually increase during the winter months.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Cold
Don't confuse the flu with a common cold; flu symptoms are usually more severe and abrupt.
She's really sick with high fever; it's more like the flu than a cold.
Pro Tip 3/3Vaccination Context
Talk about the flu often includes discussions about flu shots, an annual vaccine to prevent it.
Did you get your flu shot this year to protect against the flu?
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Video examples
Laurie Garrett: What can...
How do you get them mobilized around the world if you've shut all the airports down? How do you get the vaccines moved around the world and the drugs moved, and whatever may or not be available that would work. So it turns out that shutting down the airports is counterproductive. We're worried because this virus, unlike any other flu
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How do viruses jump from...
Viruses are a type of organic parasite infecting nearly all forms of life. To survive and reproduce, they must move through three contact with a susceptible host, infection and replication, and transmission to other individuals. As an example, let’s look at human influenza.
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The Big Cat Keeper Goes...
cage and then if you can help us we'll give them a cat flu vaccine a rabies jab and then we will then spray them for the fleas squeeze us jason says she'll try and turn a bit that's it's okay you know things that I know about but learning more I would already know
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Pandemic Prepping PIPE...
disease transmission during transcontinental flights is high making it possible for one sick person to cause simultaneous outbreaks in multiple geographic locations I am most afraid of the flu because it's so common that people don't really take it seriously
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Bill Gates: The next...
that could work very, very quickly. Now I don't have an exact budget for what this would cost, but I'm quite sure it's very modest compared to the potential harm. The World Bank estimates that if we have a worldwide flu epidemic,
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How data can predict the...
how can we study an outbreak that hasn't happened yet influenza pandemic we face with the potential to kill millions worldwide what would the next one look like it's a difficult question because historically flu pandemics have
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What we know (and don't...
and neutralizing its responses, allowing the virus to proliferate. Starting anywhere from two to twenty days after contraction, initial symptoms like high temperature, aching, and sore throat resemble those of a typical flu,
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How often should you get...
All year long, researchers at hundreds of hospitals around the world collect samples from flu patients and send them to top virology experts with one to design the vaccine for the next flu season.
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Seth Berkley: HIV and...
die of seasonal flu. In the developing world, the data is much sketchier but the death toll is almost certainly higher. You know, the problem is if this virus occasionally mutates so dramatically,
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Amy Purdy: Living beyond...
I felt free, independent and completely in control of my life. That is, until my life took a detour. I went home from work early one day with what I thought was the flu,
Video examples
Laurie Garrett: What can...
How do you get them mobilized around the world if you've shut all the airports down? How do you get the vaccines moved around the world and the drugs moved, and whatever may or not be available that would work. So it turns out that shutting down the airports is counterproductive. We're worried because this virus, unlike any other flu
Video examples
How do viruses jump from...
Viruses are a type of organic parasite infecting nearly all forms of life. To survive and reproduce, they must move through three contact with a susceptible host, infection and replication, and transmission to other individuals. As an example, let’s look at human influenza.
Video examples
The Big Cat Keeper Goes...
cage and then if you can help us we'll give them a cat flu vaccine a rabies jab and then we will then spray them for the fleas squeeze us jason says she'll try and turn a bit that's it's okay you know things that I know about but learning more I would already know
Video examples
Pandemic Prepping PIPE...
disease transmission during transcontinental flights is high making it possible for one sick person to cause simultaneous outbreaks in multiple geographic locations I am most afraid of the flu because it's so common that people don't really take it seriously
Video examples
Bill Gates: The next...
that could work very, very quickly. Now I don't have an exact budget for what this would cost, but I'm quite sure it's very modest compared to the potential harm. The World Bank estimates that if we have a worldwide flu epidemic,
Video examples
How data can predict the...
how can we study an outbreak that hasn't happened yet influenza pandemic we face with the potential to kill millions worldwide what would the next one look like it's a difficult question because historically flu pandemics have
Video examples
What we know (and don't...
and neutralizing its responses, allowing the virus to proliferate. Starting anywhere from two to twenty days after contraction, initial symptoms like high temperature, aching, and sore throat resemble those of a typical flu,
Video examples
How often should you get...
All year long, researchers at hundreds of hospitals around the world collect samples from flu patients and send them to top virology experts with one to design the vaccine for the next flu season.
Video examples
Seth Berkley: HIV and...
die of seasonal flu. In the developing world, the data is much sketchier but the death toll is almost certainly higher. You know, the problem is if this virus occasionally mutates so dramatically,
Video examples
Amy Purdy: Living beyond...
I felt free, independent and completely in control of my life. That is, until my life took a detour. I went home from work early one day with what I thought was the flu,
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Matt Haig
British Novelist
We often joke about men moaning about being ill, whether it's man flu or anything else. We want them to be silent and strong about these things. And that's quite dangerous when it comes to depression, because talking about it helps. People bottle it up until it's too late.
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Irwin Redlener
American Activist
From a population point of view, it's actually very important that as few people as possible get the flu. People getting the flu is not a private matter. The risk for healthy people is really about your friends and neighbors and fellow travelers.
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Angus Deaton
British Economist
You can find episodes like the flu epidemic or war times when mortality rates go up, but sustained increases in mortality for any major group in any society are really quite rare. It's an indication that something is very wrong.
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Johnny Depp
American Actor
When I auditioned for '21 Jump Street,' it was a last minute thing. I had one of the worst flus that I've ever experienced in my life, and I was forced to go to the audition, the screen test.
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Meg Tilly
American Actress
There we times when everybody in the house has the flu. You're cleaning up vomit and it's 2 in the morning, and you're wishing there was somebody else there to help you.
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Robbie Williams
British Musician
Depression isn't about, 'Woe is me, my life is this, that and the other', it's like having the worst flu all day that you just can't kick.
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
The best thing about getting a flu shot is that you never again need to wash your hands. That's how I see it.
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Jackie Coogan
I had the flu in New York and pushed the President of the United States off the front pages.
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Harvey V. Fineberg
Educator
The flu is very unpredictable when it begins and in how it takes off.
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Michael E. Mann
American Scientist
There is no bird flu in commercial stocks.
Quote examples
Matt Haig
British Novelist
We often joke about men moaning about being ill, whether it's man flu or anything else. We want them to be silent and strong about these things. And that's quite dangerous when it comes to depression, because talking about it helps. People bottle it up until it's too late.
Quote examples
Irwin Redlener
American Activist
From a population point of view, it's actually very important that as few people as possible get the flu. People getting the flu is not a private matter. The risk for healthy people is really about your friends and neighbors and fellow travelers.
Quote examples
Angus Deaton
British Economist
You can find episodes like the flu epidemic or war times when mortality rates go up, but sustained increases in mortality for any major group in any society are really quite rare. It's an indication that something is very wrong.
Quote examples
Johnny Depp
American Actor
When I auditioned for '21 Jump Street,' it was a last minute thing. I had one of the worst flus that I've ever experienced in my life, and I was forced to go to the audition, the screen test.
Quote examples
Meg Tilly
American Actress
There we times when everybody in the house has the flu. You're cleaning up vomit and it's 2 in the morning, and you're wishing there was somebody else there to help you.
Quote examples
Robbie Williams
British Musician
Depression isn't about, 'Woe is me, my life is this, that and the other', it's like having the worst flu all day that you just can't kick.
Quote examples
Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
The best thing about getting a flu shot is that you never again need to wash your hands. That's how I see it.
Quote examples
Jackie Coogan
I had the flu in New York and pushed the President of the United States off the front pages.
Quote examples
Harvey V. Fineberg
Educator
The flu is very unpredictable when it begins and in how it takes off.
Quote examples
Michael E. Mann
American Scientist
There is no bird flu in commercial stocks.
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