# A less repetitive flu, and working cough medicines
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629
**Category:** The Drawing Board
**Created:** [June 27, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629 "2014-06-27T02:20:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/1 "2014-06-27T02:20:00Z")
So I’ve had the flu about a dozen times in this game…
Does an area remain “Fluish” after you get sick in it?
Why won’t cough medicines actually suppress the cough? They seem to be a less effective version of sleeping pills.
My suggestion is cough medicine that cures coughs.
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### Author:  [@Tawarochir](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tawarochir)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/2 "2014-06-27T02:33:13Z")
You are right, cough meds are useless and do not help you at all (the real problem is sleeping.)
Still, the flu seems to be random. What does your character eat? Meat and vegetables decrease your risk for it.
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### Author:  [@Hague](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hague)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/3 "2014-06-27T03:17:50Z")
It’s not Random. It happens when your health is low. Don’t eat junk food, take your vitamins and dose with those flu shots when you find them.
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### Author:  [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/4 "2014-06-27T04:04:41Z")
Also avoid drugs, though that might be difficult for you…
it has nothing to do with your location.
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### Author:  [@Arek\_PL](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arek_PL)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/5 "2014-06-27T06:00:22Z")
you can allways wear gas mask like me and you do not need to wory about cold and flu anymore
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### Author:  [@Hague](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hague)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 7:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/6 "2014-06-27T07:13:22Z")
Cough syrup is considered a drug, right? So does cough syrup actually make you less healthy? I mean it makes sense, but I would definitely not use cough syrup if it doesn’t act as a cough suppressant AND makes you less healthy 😛 The constant waking up from coughing is probably the worst part.
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### Author:  [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/7 "2014-06-27T07:24:11Z")
Yeah, cough medicine ought to be made working soon. I hope.
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### Author:  [@Paquito](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paquito)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/8 "2014-06-27T10:42:03Z")
Take vitamins every day. Eat fruits whenever you find them. Use the flu shot if you find it. It’ll get your hidden health stat high enough where you won’t be getting sick nearly as often.
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### Author:  [@Adrian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Adrian)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/9 "2014-06-27T12:11:39Z")
> [@Kevin Granade](#):
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> it has nothing to do with your location.
I think it should, though?
Because it seems logical to have a higher change of getting ambient diseases when you spend time around people infected with them.
Maybe we can use the scent trail to make an “infection trail”.
Also, [this WIP](http://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/7892) on Git “Applies special zone post processing to generated maps, allowing for things like looted, overgrown, and fungus covered cities.”
Maybe a biohazard type could be added to it? Infectious zombies wearing damaged hazmat suits, contaminated water and food, increased chance of getting sick, and other effects like that.
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### Author:  [@Murphy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Murphy)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/10 "2014-06-27T15:50:17Z")
What do you mean cough medicine isn’t working? It negates the attribute penalty.
Maybe Nyquil should make you less likely to wake from cough, but that’s it, it wouldn’t suppress cough entirely.
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### Author:  [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/11 "2014-06-27T15:57:10Z")
re: location, who said you’re getting it from people?
biohazard-ish conditions would be a possibility.
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### Author:  [@IcedPee](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/IcedPee)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/12 "2014-06-27T16:17:37Z")
PROTIP: Wearing earplugs or noise-cancelling headgear (the latter you can craft yourself very simply), you’ll never wake up at night from coughing. Enjoy your restful sleep! And your inability to hear when zombears smash their way in!
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### Author:  [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/13 "2014-06-27T16:33:56Z")
> [@IcedPee](#):
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> PROTIP: Wearing earplugs or noise-cancelling headgear (the latter you can craft yourself very simply), you’ll never wake up at night from coughing. Enjoy your restful sleep!
HOLY CRAP I FORGOT ABOUT THAT
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### Author:  [@Hague](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hague)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/14 "2014-06-27T23:57:23Z")
That’s pretty funny, the sound of your own violent coughing is what wakes you and not the act of uncontrolled, spastic exhaling and inhaling 😛
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### Author:  [@Murphy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Murphy)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/15 "2014-06-29T05:06:37Z")
I thought that was fixed?
The echo, at least, was changed to be a quite specific “You wake up coughing!”
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### Author:  [@bugsniper](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/bugsniper)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-less-repetitive-flu-and-working-cough-medicines/6629/16 "2014-07-04T19:56:24Z")
You’ll want to eat your chicken soup and avoid eating raw meat and raw wild vegetables. They may have worms.