In the past month I have had two colds, at least that's what I'll call them since I don't get tested.
Sinus congestion, cough, chest congestion and feeling run down.
Hot steamy shower, alone, some Nyquil and sleep works for me.
Now I am hearing of people having Covid, Flu A, Pneumonia and Norovirus. Plus the other assorted regular crap circulating.
What's happening in your neck of the woods?
I was the triage nurse last night in the ER.
ReplyDelete17 cases of "flu-like symptoms", every one of which was positive for the flu.
1 case of COVID.
(And yes, 5 years and twenty mutations later, Covid is finally "just the flu".)
The shit's going around.
Wash your hands, stay your ass home if you're sick, and tell your dumbass relatives and coworkers to do the same.
It went through our entire ER a month ago, and I'm still coughing up occasional green crap three weeks after getting over it.
Last VA appt was a month ago; next one is in three months. No reason to leave the house until then. Haven't caught the croup du jour yet. Why, yes, I can spell "hermit". No, I haven't been hoarding, I've been stocking up.
Deleteyeah. wife went to the doctor and brought that shit home with her. she has had a rough 3-4 days of feeling like crap and coughing up crap. it hit me for about a day. I hit it with Nyquil and did the hot shower thing as well .
ReplyDelete5 hours of sleep and I was better than before. or not sick or feeling like shit anyway.
a long time ago, I did realize that going to a hospital or doctor's office was a sure fire way to get sick.
so, stay away from them at all costs if you can. if you have to go. wash your hands like mad after touching ANYTHING there. and never eat anything while you are there. dave in pa.
Hospitals, doctors offices, etc, are where the sick and infectious people are. It’s a catch-22. Stay away if you can.
DeleteAin't that the truth! Heart doctor got me to attend a rehab class to improve my heart condition. Two weeks of sessions, twice a week, and then I get sick, been so for a month now. Haven't left the house, but that's OK since it's cold and snowy I don't care.
DeleteI've had the crud, and it's running its course through the local area. I blame it on the influx of people from elsewhere, the number of children visiting relatives, and the fact people are just spending more time indoors with those carrying pathogens. When you add that fact people just can't stay home when they're sick, the lack of using hand sanitizer, and coughing without covering their mouths, it's a recipe for disease.
ReplyDeleteForecast high of 89 degrees F here in San Antonio, TX. Weather folks are labeling this as a "False Spring". I've been dealing with some kind upper respiratory crud with a general malise for almost two weeks. Getting better, alcohol helps.
ReplyDeleteNope, nothing here, off-grid.
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If you got the crud, try a nicotine patch or gum. Also do some horse medicine once a day for five days or until you feel better. Watch Dr Bryan Ardis.
ReplyDelete100% agree
DeleteYup, wearing the patches now as a trial. Seems to help. Lysine (the big one), NAC and Nattokinase are my go to's along with Vitamin C & Zinc
DeleteIvermectin…vet grade is fine….y’all ever wonder why covid wasn’t a thing in Africa? I take 1 cc in OJ every month or so…. So far so good….
DeleteMy go-to is Zinc Quercetin (I get Sandhus brand from amazon) and a high quality Vit C. The Quercetin aids the zinc to get past the cell wall, the zinc inhibits viral replication. Also at least 4000 iu of Vit D drops. That n livin a boring life seems to work.
DeleteThe wife brought some crap back to central WA state from a quick trip to N'awlins at the start of the month. After doing some 'gain of function' work on it, she gave it to me. We were dragging ass until just a few days before Christmas.
ReplyDeleteChurch attendance on Christmas was pretty light. I don't know for sure but am guessing cold/flu.
Went to visit a friend a couple days ago who is in a very high-class assisted living facility here. Big placards on the
door asking folks to postpone visiting because of a norovirus outbreak.
Neck deep in assholes here in the People’s Republic of Maryland. Health-wise it seems like just the normal cold/flu/St. Vitus Dance yearly type of crud. I had some kind of “thing” in the early Autumn but got over it in time, a little congestion and fatigue. Went to a Christmas recital at the Granddaughter’s school about a week before the big day, came through it rather unscathed aside from the kids need for a decent metronome… The current warm weather and general inability for people to sit still should see an uptick in the fore mentioned crud.
ReplyDeleteI'm in NE Texas. A month ago I had a bug that lasted about two days. Was sick for about 24 hours; the last 12 were the worst. Symptoms were a fever (102-103F), chills, sweats, and just plain feeling like a car had hit me. Fever broke at 4am to a flood of sweat. Was run down (pun intended!) the next day and perfectly fine the next morning.
ReplyDeleteLet me add that the last time I almost never get sick. Not even colds. Last time was in February of 2020 when I had COVID. FWIW, I've had colds that were worse than COVID was!
That last sentence describes my experience with COVID as well!
DeleteHere in our little hospital were seeing a noticeable uptick in upper respiratory issues aka crud.
ReplyDeleteAs Aesop said wash your HANDS. #1 path from nasty surfaces into your face. Unless they cough spit in your face it's far more likely YOUR Hands brought it from a contaminated surface (like the Creditcard reader at the store) into your system. Doubt me? Watch folks for a bit. Everybody touches their nose-mouth-eyes with unwashed hands....
I swear by kimchee. Since my KATUSA soldiers pulled me from the barracks with a "I Wanna DIE" flu and made me eat Hot Kimchee soup, next morning ready to run PT, it's my Go To for any "feeling Poorly".
Make a batch of whole chicken soup. Bone, skin, meat roasted or boiled. Remove the bones and skin. Add veggies of choice. Just before serving add the Kimchee. DO NOT COOK the Kimchee, it's fermentation bugs are what you want to boost your gut health.
Some 70-80% of the immune system in the guts per Johns Hopkins studies, a healthy gut is critical.
Since I still work with sick folks daily, a big bowl of hot kimchee soup is ready when I'm starting to feel poorly.
Just got over a cold that hung in there for 2 weeks. Tested negative for covid, twice.
ReplyDeleteIn my particular neck, I'm recovering from one of the nastiest bugs I can remember. Spent Christmas day, Boxing Day and Friday in bed, unable to even think of eating. Killer headache, coughed until my ribs hurt, shits and pukes. Still struggling with lack of energy and still not much appetite.
ReplyDeleteI must be on the really naughty list
That’s the Noro.
DeleteMy wife has a hell of a cough and a good case of the snots. It's been going around here in the Wild West. I just have the cough, and HAVE had it for a couple of months now. 'Takes FOREVR to get rid of!
ReplyDeleteRefused the jabs or any flu shots. Taking a lot of supplements like zinc, b-complex, magnesium, c and d3. So far so good.
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Pretty much my story as well but I also take quercetin and elderberry sambucus gel caps and/or syrup. I have been following this regimant for going on 5 years. I did have a mild case of covid once according to the home test kit and treated that with horse meds.
DeleteYup...killer (unproductive) cough, raw throat, Test negative for everything. Going to try bourbon and sleep.
ReplyDeleteI had the same thing you're talking about.
ReplyDeleteIt went around the machine shop where I work.
Everybody 'got better' before it came back for round two.
Live in the north end of Los Angeles county, thought I got something from the juniper tree I was cutting , pollen falling all over me.
ReplyDeleteI think I got from both the pollen and a flu, haven't felt this bad in years.
Stomach muscles hurt from coughing.
If you're weak, be careful. Otherwise business as usual.
ReplyDeleteCoworker back home in (sm)Albany got The Vid 2 weeks ago and it kicked her ass. She’s still getting over it, especially the brain fog. S-I-L on LI went to the ER with bad flu & barfing up everything. Both previously vaxxed too. The gastro part seems new, both had it. MartyB
ReplyDeleteTake a. Zinc supplement tablet twice a day on the first signs of a respiratory ailment. If you do catch a cold or the flu, stay warm and hydrated with hot drinks such as tea and lemon and honey.
ReplyDeleteEvery day 1 tab of zinc sulfate 220 mg, 1 gram vit c 2x day, 4000 iu of D3 . This will keep your immune system strong so any illness you catch will be short lived. I am 75 years old, overweight, and diabetic. I only get a flu shot in November. I never took a covid jab. I have never caught covid, or pneumonia (for over 30 years) I have bad circulation and a wound on my calf that will not heal so I have to go to the hospital for treatment at least once a week. I have not caught anything there to make me ill. The supplements work.
DeleteI would take a course of Ivermectin if I got sick. It helps with a lot of illnesses. Thats why its maker got a Nobel prize. Look up Ivermectin uses or treatments on the internet. Here is one source although they are way to expensive: https://pharmacycare.net/categories/Antibiotics/Stromectol?synonym=Stromectol%20(ivermectin) Look for Mexican pharmacies for reasonable prices. https://www.pushhealth.com/drugs/ivermectin?fnl=gads&mtm_source=google&mtm_medium=ads&mtm_campaign=campaign-13232860273&adgroupid=124348478602&mtm_kwd=ivermectin%20for%20sale&device=c&mtm_content=creative-598923063761&gakey=&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiApsm7BhBZEiwAvIu2X52FeFWUAs24mN5CSG5Xtreibzj13uU0UXPRqebABxdkGzMZCHGyBxoC-YkQAvD_BwE
DeleteYou are lucky being able to get Ivermectin. In my country its a prescription medecine that is hard to get and Dr's prescribing it during covid faced suspension. I tried to import some during covid but, alas, it got confiscated at the border - as I expected it would. Currently have a cold and feel a bit tired but not serious. I rarely get sick and don't get jabs anymore. I pop a few vitamins and minerals.
DeleteThey're even finding it's effective on some types of cancer.
DeleteI use the horse paste.
DeleteIt works.
I rarely get sick. One thing I do is use hand sanitizer immediately when I come in my apartment. Another, is never touch elevator buttons with fingers. Use your elbow.
ReplyDeleteGet a nebulizer and follow Mercola's Hydrogen peroxide H2O2 protocol. We've been doing it a couple of times a week and any sniffles vanish quickly.
ReplyDeleteDO NOT FOLLOW THIS ADVICE!!!
DeleteI have a summer home and a new tournament ski boat to pay for...
Dr. Love
Nothing unless you're vaxxed. They are all sick. It even shocks me.
ReplyDeleteI posted a reply about Ivermectin. Don't see the reply. But I recommend it. Keep a weeks worth in my med cabinet in case I do catch something. It has been shown to affect viruses. Its inventor won a Nobel Prize for his work with the stuff. Look it up on the internet. Click this link as a starting point. https://www.pushhealth.com/drugs/ivermectin
ReplyDeleteLive in wisconsin been making rounds here too seems somebody on both sides of family have it.
ReplyDeleteit got cold around here. i think I need to wear extra clothing.
ReplyDeletego visit yer grandkids - or vice versa
ReplyDeleteYah! that'll do it
No shit! Nephew was here with his 2yr and 8 mo old. Caught a slight cold/cough from the younger snot bubble. Fog for a few days, nyquill helped, but cough has lingered, but is easing. Nice pflem chunks. Zinc, Vit D via sun and b3. We only go to town every week or two, thus limited exposure. No shots in this house...pure blood!
DeleteExactly, sick as a dog for two and a half days after Christmas. In my conspiratorial mind they are gearing everyone up for the Bird Flu shots with another campaign of fear of seasonal flu.
DeleteOne of the kids come home from college, whole family is down with it for Christmas. I found advil and expectorant works best. Sinus pressure was making me dizzy for 2 days
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I drive a school bus in the Boise area. We had a flu bug that had kids out for a week, and sniffling and hacking for several weeks/month after. I caught it around Halloween; was out for a day (teacher immune system) and was taking dayquil for a couple weeks after. Still hacking up some nasty yellow shit in the AM: old dude problems.
ReplyDeleteThis was a worse round of the flu than last year's, but we all survived without panic.
I call it heavy fall allergens; morning stuffiness, little chest congestion. I take a Coricidin when it gets bad & steamy showers are good relief.
ReplyDeleteI get the same reaction in the spring, and first lawn mow of the season.
It's just regular cold & flu season, dead of winter. 5 yrs of Covid hysteria and we have forgotten. Take your vitamins, esp D, C, Zinc, Quercetin and all the rest. Work up a good sweat every day or two, walk, hike, lift, whatever. Be HEALTHY.
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Denver metro area has about a week long thing that’s fairly wicked. During week one you think you’ll cough your lungs out. I’m finally starting week two and am not well but better. I hate to say it but while not tested it acts kind of corvid like.
ReplyDeleteBeen seeing a lot more people wearing face diapers over the last month, even when driving. Haven't been sick, crossing fingers Murphy doesn't read this.
ReplyDeleteWhaddaya bet most of 'em are jabbed?
ReplyDeleteYerba Mansa can help with the congestion. Might have to order it online or possibly get it at a health food store.
ReplyDeleteVery fortunate to live a mile from TN; TN state gov made Ivermectin legal OTC a while back, so I keep it on hand. Haven't had any of that respiratory stuff since.
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ReplyDeleteIts normal. Just like 50 years ago.
wintertime, I double up on the garlic and hot peppers in my lunch. no virus will touch me. but you don't want me to breathe on you.
ReplyDeletemy girlfriend who works for the NH DMV and sees people all day every day has come down with something and I guess it's making the rounds in the office. they had to close one day last week because there was no supervisor and every other "floating" supervisor was sick too.
I work in healthcare. My family went through a round of "montezuma's revenge" about a week before Christmas. We learned it was going around pretty hard in our neck of the woods (southeast). Around the same time and since then, there has been some other peculiar respiratory/sinus bug going around that tests negative for the usual suspects. Not terribly long-lasting, but rough for a few days. The usual antibiotics are clearing it pretty easily. I agree with keeping ivermectin on hand though. Sure, washing your hands is a good idea. Stay away from hand sanitizer though. Might as well avoid antibacterial soap as well. You kill off all your good bacteria with that and set yourself up for opportunistic fungal infections. Ask me how I know... Best things for your immunity is to spend time outside getting your hands dirty, playing with animals (dogs and/or livestock, but not so much cats or rodents). Homeschool your kids, stay away from crowds, stay home if you're sick, eat clean, exercise.
ReplyDeleteAlready had the mung hit me. Doused it with cough suppressant, saline spray for the congestion, aspirin for the fever, regular dosage of Zicam to hold off more virii. Not bad this time. Mama's is still lingering because she won't listen to me! Typical.
ReplyDeleteOil of Oregano, everyday, will hold that at bay.
ReplyDeleteSame, same here in NJ... the "Ick" is making its run through the house this holiday season.
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ReplyDeleteRecently spent two days in the local hospital (Dallas, Texas area) supposedly because of a small blood clot in the brain causing numbness in my left arm, the clot apparently dissolving itself and thus eliminating the problem. (So I was told). Shortly after that I spent over two weeks at home with the crud, self-testing with COVID testing kits with negative results. Did I pick up this crud at the hospital? I would bet real money on it. Alka-Seltzer Extreme cold and flu and a few Halls cough drops got me through the worst of it. Totally ruined my holiday plans.
I was sick for a week or so, cough so bad , it popped all my vertebrae . So that was a plus! My wife , daughter and grandson, all down with flu like symptoms. Inlaws have the vid. But they are jabbed and both tested positive. I eat kimchi most days and put some tequila on it at night. Works for me!
ReplyDeleteI came home from Thanksgiving at my brother's home with what I believe is/was the latest strain of Covid. My mouth and throat felt like they'd been scoured with steel wool, sneezing, eyes running like I was crying, slight fever, tired as hell, couldn't taste anything.
ReplyDeleteMy cure is 500mg Vit C 4x daily + double the recommended Robitussin if having chest congestion. Lasted about 4 days for me.
Haven't had anything since Christmas, knock on wood, despite being around school age children the whole day.
Nemo
This is the Rickvid Report. I'm Rickvid and this is my report.
ReplyDeleteI am fine, for the time being, but my partner abd lots of neighbors have the hacking, gagging, spitting, tired, but generally no fever, crud. The Valley tends to get kind of dank and drizzmal in the winter with weather coming off of the Cascades and the Canadian northern winds. Kittitas Valley is even worse. Today it is in the 20's outside with lots of pretty frost. And clouds and fog. I'm Rickvid and this has been my report.
Roughly 2.5 weeks before Xmas, my youngest brought Covid home from school (thanks lazy parents).... We didn't come out of our self imposed quarantine until two days before Xmas as we don't want to share (I follow the same rule if I catch the flu - no one wants to catch that either). This particular Covid variant was primarily nasty for about five days - lots of congestion related issues, coughing (or trying to cough up crud from my chest), three days of fever, and a new symptom: full on lower leg cramps throughout one night (that was fun to wake up to.. ). At this point only the nasal / sinus component is still ongoing. This will be our 4th round with Covid since its escape from the lab.
ReplyDeleteThis comes from central Illinois.
ReplyDeleteMine started on Friday, 12/27 with just a cough that got worse over the day. I woke up Saturday with the same cough and I was so dizzy, I knocked over the Christmas tree. My wife decided it was time for the ER so we went around 10 am. By 1 pm the ER had diagnosed me with Influenza A and because of my dizziness and mental confusion, ordered both CT and MRI of my head - they thought I was having a stroke - I wasn't. They admitted me into their geriatric ward (I'm only 61) and put me into a "fall detection bed". By Saturday evening, the confusion had passed and by Sunday afternoon the dizziness was about 80% passed. I woke up feeling much better around 2 am Monday and the nurse let me take a shower by myself.
I was released Monday at about 1 pm.
My wife was diagnosed through the Prompt Care with the same diagnosis Sunday morning. She didn't have any dizzines or confusion.
The guy I worked with on Friday, 12/27, went to the ER on Saturday evening and gave up after four hours of waiting. He said everyone in the ER looked like they had the same thing.
Hahahaha
ReplyDeleteMyoplasmic Pneumonia-AKA walking pneumonia is off the charts. CDC has not said a word about it but doctors on X-Tic Tok are all over it. Many times misdiagnosed. 10 days of 3000mg's of erythromycin, a five day Z-Pak, 30mg of oral steroids for five days, an inhaler and serious cough suppressant. Yes, it sounds like something that came from outside America. A month later and still tired and coughing. Hope all recover fully.
ReplyDeleteIt is going around here in Kentucky. We were supposed to have the kids over for Christmas but the packages are still under the tree. I got through it quick, but my wife who never gets sick has been battling it for weeks now.
ReplyDeleteSame here. Wife never gets sick and it won't go away. It got bad enough on Sunday that I took her to a Doc in A box. They prescribed a round of Prednisone and Amoxicillin. She's feeling better. You might want to do the same. This crap sucks.
DeleteBefore COVID they called this time of year, "Flu Season."
ReplyDeleteEvery one in NorCal seems to be hacking up a lung. Youngest son was diagnosed with Pneumonia. The wife's had it for about three weeks. I rarely catch these bugs but it got me four days ago. What is this crap?
ReplyDeleteNot scientific, necessarily, but if an anecdotal testimony is ok…ever since a gave up nearly all vegetables and sugar, and most carbs to eat carnivore-ish, I’ve never felt better and can’t remember the last time I had so much as a sniffle or sore throat. Even my chronic and acute allergies are minimal anymore. Reversed prostate issues, kidney issues, and add a little bit of supplements including occasional horse paste. Take it or leave it but it’s good that’s killing us- 90% of what’s in the grocery store is not health sustaining. Not speaking hyperbolically, I feel like I’m walking proof here as I approach my 60’s. I’m lean and have a strong sex drive too- that matters!! Try it for 90 days and see if you don’t have similar results. Plus, eating mostly steak/beef, eggs, bacon daily is hella cheap too! I’m rarely hungry. I could drink less wine…but I limit beer to less than 6 a week and liquor to once or twice a month. YMMV. I’d rather screw than drink anyway…and being lean beats being a fat ass by miles. Been there.
ReplyDeleteFood, not good- killing us.
DeleteIn Washington, across the Columbia river from Portland. Just returned from western Kentucky, Tennessee. Heebee jeebees hit the family pretty hard, starting on flight home. Somehow managed to dodge this one. The ONLY thing I've done differently is chomp on cloves and zinc.
ReplyDeleteSame as your neck of the woods here in WestByGodVirginia, they spray us like cockroaches, beam us with low frequency microwaves, and ionized electron weapons, (DEW's, aka, directed energy weapons), worst of it, the ailments are a side effect, of what they are doing, and this is published by the sonofabitches right out plain in the open, they call it the new battlespace, ie, our brains, literally, no BS about it, they term the human brain the battle space of the future, with planning decades out to the future, they figure that the new and only effective method of war is waging it for our brains.
ReplyDeleteIts beyond fucking sick, its demonic, and it is the US dot mil who are waging it right now. They fully plan on winning, got it all figured out how it goes down, how it effects us little people, words are insufficient for this evil and those involved. They are even getting out in front of its public exposure, you seen the piece by Katherine Herridge last weekend? Yeah, they are nursing how its exposed, slow walking it, pointing fingers, obscuring truth, all the narrative/conspiracy theory mind fuck shit they always pull.
Here, just a start, they dont care if we know, they are far ahead of exposure, they are softballing it so normie bias kicks in:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N02SK9yd60s&t=3305s&pp=2AHpGZACAQ%3D%3D
and here, this guy AC has extensive research and evidence of The Beam and how they us DEW's on us.
ReplyDeleteThese fucks are total psychopaths with unlimited budgets. Human Depopulation then total control over who they select out to become literally a slave class, is the strategy. No shit about it. And depopulating the "Unsecured Spaces" is paramount, thats rural America, they want it utterly barren of human habitation. Its the resources, the long game is its for them and their following generations who rule over the earth.
Free and clear so far. I like to make 1 good pot of of garlic bouillabaisse (heavy garlic, at least 1 full bulb). One cup of that a day seems be be all I need to kill off any roving pathogens. And some added zinc supplements too.
ReplyDeleteLearned a trick lot of folks in Vietnam do, a spoonful if raw honey, needs to be pure raw unheated bee puke, and a fresh garlic clove, chew the garlic with the honey. Seems to be a good remedy and preventative for my wife and I. Tastes strange first few times but once you become accustomed to the flavor its actually quite pleasing, besides just being wholesome for you.
DeleteFlu shots are not very effective at best and may be MRNA at this point, as may every other vaccine soon. Whoever above is getting those may want to reconsider. Yay, you skipped the vid vaccine only to get the mRNA flu one which is likely just as harmful.
ReplyDeleteCentral Wisconsin, Novo going around as well as chest congestion crud that won’t let me walk up stairs without stopping to catch breath. Normally ice fishing this time of year, but had 2 days in high 40’s which just makes things worse. Stay away from hospitals, doctor offices and school kids you’ll be fine. Taverns seem to be a safe haven.
ReplyDeleteCharleston, SC. Had a sinus cold making the rounds. Not serious, just persistent. One side would just keep draining, causing a raw throat and shallow cough. After a week it would seem to go away, then three days later...HEL-O-O! Took about three weeks to get rid of it. Nyquil, Dayquil, nasal spray, and lots of sleep worked best.
ReplyDeleteMid WI, crud going around. Local schools closed for holidays along with college age home. So we have quite the mix going on.
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ReplyDeleteBut, we've had extreme dry conditions in the house. Dries out the sinus, makes it more likely to let a bug or a virus get established. If you can't afford to adjust the humidity in the whole house, run a humidifier in the bedroom at night.
Clove kills viruses. I drink clove water before bed and sleep through the night. You can also just chew on one. Very cheap natural medicine.
ReplyDelete1) Boost immune system. Increase Vitamins C and D and zinc. Great start: eggs and oranges. Keep that yolk looking like the sun and keep the oranges as unprocessed as possible. The second you feel like congestion is beginning or you have sniffles: echinacea, strong. 2) And get outside. Can't bottle the D the sun gives you and bacteria seems adverse to good crisp air. Decades ago, EPA compared inside air to outdoor air and inside air failed. I felt attacked twice but following these steps, all that was lost was a couple of kleenex until echinacea kicked in.
ReplyDeleteThe person posting about humidity: good call! Having your sinuses clogged is like having a petrie dish for bacteria and viruses to ferment. Take it a step further and buy some nasal saline solution and clean your sinuses out periodically. Very inexpensive.
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