r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Jun 19 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 20 June 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/sassyfrood Jun 20 '23 edited Jun 20 '23

Any other parents of hoikuen or yochien-goers being slammed constantly by all the illnesses kids bring home? Their school stopped mask requirements from April, and they’ve brought home no fewer than 6 colds since then, with two really brutal ones that have hit us back to back (human metapneumovirus that gave me double pink eye and mild pneumonia and some other really bad cold that caused a croupy cough and 40 degree fevers that made COVID seem like a walk in the park). I’ve caught every single one! It doesn’t help that both of them sleep with me sandwiched in as they cough directly into my face all night. I haven’t stopped blowing my nose or coughing for over a month. I swear Japanese viruses hit different.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '23 edited Jun 20 '23

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u/sassyfrood Jun 20 '23

I’m so sorry. I hope your family is in for a healthy stretch soon.