Kylie Jenner has been hospitalized because of a severe flu and that’s why she’s canceled her appearance at Paris Fashion Week. [JustJared]
Wait, Charlize Theron has a bowl cut now? YIKES. [Tom & Lorenzo]
I’m sorry, but the chicken-donut sandwich is so gross to me. [OMG Blog]
Just… stop vaping. [The Blemish]
Zoe Kravitz & Karl Glusman are hot newlyweds. [LaineyGossip]
Happt birthday to my second favorite Libra tennis-player, Serena Williams. [Dlisted]
Updates on the impeachment of Donald J. Bigly. [Pajiba]
Lana del Rey is dating a cop, which truly surprised me. [Jezebel]
Is Kristen Stewart wearing a zoot suit?! [RCFA]
My husband and I got our flu shots last week and I scheduled my 2 years old’s flu shot for tomorrow.
It hit so early this year! Hoping everyone stays or gets well!
I have never had the flu shot in my 31 years. and Luckily only gotten the flu once about a year and a half ago along with my then 3 year old. That was AWFUL.
SAME.
Immunization is not just about you and people you know and love. It’s about entire populations, especially the young, the elderly, and the immunocompromised, Please consider getting immunized for them. You don’t have to get the flu to spread it.
Actually, it doesn’t work like that. Vaccinated (not “immunized”) people can and do catch and transmit disease just as easily as those who didn’t get the shot. What you do with your body is 100% a choice you make for yourself, not society.
@YZZAH No. Herd immunity is an actual thing and vital for communities. Spreading this kind of misinformation is a bad look.
Yep, my doctor reminded me of that this year. So, you don’t get the flu she said…you’re tough, but you could be carrying it around and spreading it to someone who is not so tough. When it’s stated like that it makes perfect sense.
The last time I got the flu was after I got the flu shot, about 8 years ago. They had also stuck me wrong and I had pain/numbness in my arm for months and I could barely lift it above my head for weeks. I’m kind of scared of getting it now, but maybe I should because one of my employees came to work today with the flu and I sent her home…
Goog job sending her home! I get soooo mad when people come to work sick.
Flu can incubate for 2 weeks before showing symptoms. Start some vitC now.
I had that problem where they hit me in the wrong place and for 6 months my shoulder was in agony.
I had that arm issue after the triple booster one (whooping cough, diptheria, tetanus). The tetanus hurts like hell!
@ NB. If you can, have your Dr. or a general practitioner give you the shot.
I made the mistake of have a pharmacy do it a few years ago. If you are nearer a pharmacy, ask if they have a general practitioner on staff.
Just a suggestion 😊
@dlc… omg, I had the flu vaccine and DTP booster one week ago. My arm has been agonizingly sore since then and pain now spread to my shoulder. I can barely lift my arm to put a shirt on/off, and I’m in such pain trying to sleep each night. It hurts as much as the July foot surgery I’m recovering from. If this lasts six months I’ll go bonkers.
Yes, this flu season has begun much earlier. My son travels a lot for work and got the flu three weeks ago. He stayed in bed three straight days and out of work for the week. He’s just now feeling much better. I’d never seen him that sick (he’s a big, athletic, usually healthy person, who washes his hands after everything, too). So get your flu vaccine!
@Risa. I’m confused, you say you’ve never had the flu shot as if you’re proud of that, but you and your child got the flu, and it was awful … so now that you know what influenza actually is why on earth wouldn’t you (and your child) get the vaccine going forward? Did I misunderstand?
I’ve always gotten the flu shot and never gotten the flu, so I think I will stick with that. I feel bad for you and your daughter that it was so bad. Why would you want to go through that again?
might have to get the kids and myself the flu shot. It won’t keep us from getting the flu but it keeps you from getting the worst case of it(I think). I read a terrifying story once from a grown, healthy woman who almost died from the flu. Her doctor said if she hadn’t had her flu shot she wouldn’t be here today. I have two toddlers and if there are germs somewhere….they will pick them up. The mall play place, children’s museum, park, licking grocery carts 🥴, the dressing room mirror….toddlers are nasty, ya’ll. 😂
It’s definitely a good idea. I never really got it until I started working in an open office (with the closest coworkers all having kids who pick up everything going).
I now get them yearly – for myself, but also so I don’t spread germs to anyone who’s immune compromised. The flu is hell.
My doctor watched a healthy 40-year-old doctor and mother of three die from the flu. She said it was a really bad death, and then told me to get a shot. I Where I volunteer some residents are in their 90’s, (an amazing amount of them actually) it would be horrible to think I gave one of them the flu, and also I want to be around them so I get the shot. I also consider the fact that I smoked for 33 years and although it’s been almost six years since, I’m sure I’ve done long term damage to my lungs and that will amplify how the flu affects me.
Yep, the shot lessens the symptoms greatly and that could be the difference between life or death. I think Americans forget that it is still possible to die from the flu.
I lost two friends to the flu. One was a 59-year-old hardcore alcoholic, the other was in his mid-30’s and in prime physical condition. He worked out, ate right, hard worker and the stupid flu, a flu, killed him. I still have a hard time with his death. It was just the flu. Not any more, eh?
I actually like Charlize’s new haircut. I think it cute and she has the face to pull it off.
I had this hairstyle on and off through the 90’s /early 00’s. If you have straight hair its one of the most easy styles to keep, I unfortunately dont and it was a nightmare to keep the frizz and kink out of my hair. That aside, I wish my face wasnt as round (think fat!) as I would happily wear it again, if nothing other than to keep me cool during those “hot” moments!
The cut is for a movie. She pulls it off but not a great style on anyone.
Cheers Louise177 for that comment. I always thought I looked pretty decent with that haircut ….
1. The flu sucks.
2. Kylie is looking like Moana… like not even a live version of the movie – like the 3D animated character.
3. Charlize looks awesome in her bowl cut. The woman could make Kate +8’s weird buzz fringe at the back haircut look good. Don’t make beauty deals with the devil – you end up having flings with Sean Penn.
Get your flu shots!!
My son’s grandmother – a super healthy 65 year old woman (never drank alcohol, ate super healthy – she was from Bangladesh and ate a vegetable based diet, exercised 5 days a week .. ) died from complications of the flu last February. It was very unexpected and very very heartbreaking.
Would or could having all these cosmetic procedures and numerous implants added to your body affect or suppress your immune system on a permanent basis? I recall reading recently that Kim Kardashian also seems to have some form of auto-immune disorder.
Thanks for the pro-vaccination comments for flu shots. I was sitting on the fence about getting one but now convinced I will get one that I have scheduled for today.
So taking medical advice from randoms on the internet is only okay if you decide you’re all for it, eh? If you’d taken advice that was “don’t inject that useless poison into your body” you’d be called a nutbar. Enjoy your flu.
Yzzah, you can’t get the flu from the flu shot. It’s not a live virus.
As an anti-vaxxer – who I don’t recall ever posting a comment on this site before – your entire understanding of this issue is taken from “randoms on the internet”.
You have no idea what you’re talking about or how flu shots work. Quit spreading your antivaxx misinformation.
Or you can listen to all of the medical professionals and scientists who tell you to get it too…
@Yzzah please learn some basic medical, biological and scientific facts before you posts such pseud-scientific quackery.
Good Lord. Get the flu shot if you can tolerate it (some can’t). It may not prevent the flu, but it will sure as hell boost your immune system against influenza and it’s effects. I spent all my fun years becoming a doctor, and more getting licensed and certified in two specialties, so I’m kind of well versed in medicine stuff.
“So taking medical advice from randoms on the internet is only okay if you decide you’re all for it, eh?”
that’s what anti-vaxxers do. “well, I’ve done my research, I read a bunch of stuff on line…” FROM MOMMY BLOGGERS as opposed to pro-vaxx people WHO LISTENT TO DOCTORS.
Re: vaping. I smoked a pack and a half a day for 16 years and the day I bought my vape mod, was the day I stopped and never picked up another cigarette again. I just happened to be at the vape shop last night and I asked the guy who worked there about what was going on, and he explained it really well. The people that are getting sick are people that have taken THC additive, which is oil-based, and added it into their vape juice or cartridge. Regular vape juice or cartridges are based with vegetable glycerin, which is an ingredient in your standard cake. Everything in what is sold at legitimate shops is made of ingredients that leave your lungs once exhaled. The people that have put the THC additive into their cartridge or juice inhaled oil essentially and the oil sits in the lungs and cannot be processed and doctors cannot figure out how to get it out of the lungs and it causes severe pneumonia and possible death.
Vaping has gotten so many people to quit smoking cigarettes, which are much more dangerous to the nth degree because of all the additives that we all know about and have been warned about, such as formaldehyde. The government gets an awful lot of money from the tobacco lobby, so it would make sense that the tobacco lobby would not be happy with losing trillions of dollars two people switching over to Vapes. With vaping, you can choose the amount of nicotine in your juice or cartridge and start at a higher dosage of nicotine and whittle your way down to nothing , because they sell juice that has no nicotine in it whatsoever. And once you get to the no nicotine level, then you just need to break the habit of the physical motion of vaping, since the nicotine craving will be gone.
I understand the panic when all of a sudden you have a whole bunch of people getting very sick and dying, especially young people. But vaping is not to blame. The addition of the THC oil, which was a conscious choice made by that person, is what is sickening people. Again, vaping has gotten people who have smoked for decades to quit smoking completely and patches and gum and even prescription medications to help you quit smoking don’t work very well. I tried them. They failed miserably and the medication had severe side effects. People are panicking because they do not understand and vaping is relatively new and it certainly helps the nicotine lobby that they can now demonize vaping as deadly, as opposed to cigarettes of course. Which we all know are not deadly….
This would make sense to me except for the fact that vaping has been popular for years and THC oil has always been around, so why all of a sudden are people dying? I agree vaping helps people quit cigarettes so I hope they figure it out soon so that people don’t go back to tobacco.
The problem isn’t the THC oil so much that it seems to be black market oil. THC oil in and of its self isn’t making people sick.
There are thickening agents being added to the THC oil because of scarcity issues in the black market. A highly pure product is very very expensive for them to acquire without spending a lot of money. So they’re adding in many cases Vitamin E oil because it is very similar in viscosity to THC oil, and it’s odorless and colorless. It’s not harmful when used on your skin, or even when ingested. The problem is when it goes to the lungs.
So they started testing the following diluting products sold: Honey Cut Diluting Agent by Honey Cut Labs LLC in Santa Monica, California; Uber Thick by Floraplex Terpenes in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and Pure Diluent by Mass Terpenes in Amherst, Massachusetts. They discovered that all of the mentioned products were actually “nearly pure vitamin e acetate oil”. However there is even more trouble because there are a lot of counterfeit products coming from china that are pretending to be Honey Cut and adding to the confusion of what is actually being inhaled. And even then, they can’t place all the blame on vitamin E oil because they’re truly unsure of what exactly is the exact cause. Now – maybe it is vitamin e. and maybe the same amount of vitamin e in vape products that don’t contain THC is ‘fine’. Maybe adding THC into the equation is effecting ability/speed the way the body is processing the vitamin e.
I think the most important thing to stress is that people really need to look into where their products are coming from, and what’s in them. It makes sense that it’s a lot of younger people with the issue in terms of cost – the legal products are typically more expensive, teens have less disposable income and are probably less likely to pay attention to whether or not the product is ‘safe’ or ‘legal’.
Get your flu shot!! This current strain is no joke. I got mine last year, but got very, very sick this June — either after it wore off or because it was a new strain. I was out of work for a full week with a high fever, but I really should have taken a second week too, I was so tired and weak. It was over three weeks before I felt better. I was miserable and hallucinating. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. GET YOUR FLU SHOT.
@tealily… I’m so sorry that you experienced that. I said the same, above, about my son who is just now three weeks past his flu. The first 3-4 days his fever was so high! He’s 24, generally very healthy, works out, eats well, drinks lots of water, and none of that protected him. Get vaccinated! I’d never seen anything knock down this 6’5”, 240 lb., former college athlete like this flu. I was worried.
Charlize’s haircut is absolutely not a bowl cut. I am really just not a fan of most short hairstyles, but i think she looks amazing with that. How is she so pretty 🙁
So is she really sick or getting another ass?
Damn, LMAO
Lol
Tbh I had read somewhere that when celebrities make these public announcements about being sick or hospitalized, it is often a cover for plastic surgery. And she is fake as all hell, so would not be surprised.
That was my first thought too! I bet she comes out of the hospital looking different and slandering an innocent flu virus.
I LOVE Charlize’s hair cut! The color is really good too. I also like her outfit in those pics.
I see Hayden boyfriend had the charges dropped due to lack of witness…best guess is she refused to cooperate and restraining order dropped too
Thank you for the link to the updates on the Trump cover up. Can we all just start using the word “cover up” now? His threat to kill the “spy” who talked to the whistleblower… I have no words. The man is an idiot thug and needs to be removed from office.
Also, Kristen’s suit is not a zoot suit. Zoot suits had really long jackets and often high waisted pants.
Please get a flu shot. I never did til I married my husband a few years ago. He is a nurse working primarily with the elderly and people with chronic illnesses. I didn’t feel it was fair to risk those people should I come down with the flu even if the chances were slim that this could happen.
The flu that is hitting North American now has killed 430 people in Australia. It was the worst flu season on record and killed toddlers, athletes, young parents, middle-aged people and a lot of old folks. Seriously – get the flu shot. It might not be perfect, but it could be the difference between life and death.
I hadn’t even HEARD of a new flu, but everyone’s scared me into getting the shot tomorrow! Don’t usually get one until October I thought?
Wait until October is the usual rule, but not this year, the flu has come early and come hard and this year we are supposed to get it done ASAP
FLU = Surgery
I caught the flu while pregnant with this baby and now I get to worry that he’ll have schizophrenia.
No, he’ll be fine, and he’ll have his mommy around to care for him because you were smart and got vaccinated.
Yeah, but will she leave the hospital with a whole new face and butt?
Pregnant again??
Is this flu going to result in a new Kardashian look?