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Originally Posted by NotGolfer
Just wondering if there's a stomach virus going around. I messaged my PCP but they're out of the office all this week. I've not felt well (no details to give) since yesterday. Can't keep anything down!! I did hear back from some nurse and her question was..."have you been tested for "the plague"? It's NOT respiratory and I've had it and it's nothing like that. Just a simple question is all I have..... I know there's a nasty "cold" going around, but haven't had that!
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The plague????? Did she mean Yersinia pestis----the etiologic agent of the black death that spread across Europe in the 14th century? We do get a few cases in the American southwest desert every year. Or was it some "cutesie" reference to COVID from what was supposed to be a professional nurse?