seanbonner

I wouldn't say "going around" as much as just I have it. See here's the thing - when I was a kid I had Scarlet Fever which chewed a perfectly strep sized hole in my immune system and Strep moved right in. Now my immune system grew up on the streets and doesn't take shit from anyone so most of the time the Strep is scared for it's life and just hangs out dormant and I forget it even lives here. But ones every 3-4 years my immune system gets preoccupied with something else, like when I decide to do Midnight Ridazz in the rain or something, and while it's looking the other way the Strep makes a break for it and attempts a coup.

When this happens I get full blown strep pretty much over night and then I go to my Dr. and pay him like $300 to look down my throat and say "yep, same shit at last time, here's the same prescription as last time, cheerio!" (my Dr. isn't really English I just used a little creative licenses to spice up an otherwise boring story) Then I take the antibiotics for a week or two and then Strep gets a beat down and goes back to the hole from whence it came. For a few years away.

As far as spreading this plague - I'm on contagious about 24 hours before my throat starts hurting and only about 24 hours after I get on the meds, but it's not easily transmissible anyway, you sort of need to stick your tongue down my throat to pick it up which no one is doing so everyone is safe. As far as I know anyway, if some nazi offers me drugged candy while I'm skipping down the lane and then drags me off into the woods and has his way with me then he's totally getting Strep and the last laugh will be mine!