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    Post-flu shot illness

    I hope you're feeling better. If your throat starts feeling like that you should ake an allergy pill. Probably bendryl would be the best bet, and call your doctor.
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    Hoping to retire at 56

    Firecalc looks good, 100% but I think it assumes that I'm going to do the "total market" portfolio up until I retire and throughout retirement. That's not very realistic. I think I'd go more conservative as I got older.
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    Hoping to retire at 56

    True, I expect to sell and move but I suppose I might not find someplace cheaper when I do. Staying where I am I'll still have my condo fee to deal with. My savings/investments are at 346,449.25 without the home equity in there. Without my mortgage I estimate my current expenses at about...
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    Made it 5 months without getting Covid-19

    The number of "official cases" is always low compared to the actual cases, in a pandemic. With H1N1 studies after the fact showed that the deaths were likely at least 15 times higher than the official count, so I assume the infection rate was likely 15 times higher than the official count on...
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    Made it 5 months without getting Covid-19

    I haven't been using the elevator in my building since this all started... not once I heard that the virus can linger in the air for 3 hours in enclosed / not well ventilated areas. If I were going to fly I'd fly Southwest. They're still leaving middle seats empty.
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    Made it 5 months without getting Covid-19

    The problem may be that they're finding that the antibodies may not hang around very long. Hopefully the body's T-cells rememeber the virus longer and will kick up an immune response if the person is exposed again.
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    Hoping to retire at 56

    Hi everyone... Here are my stats: I just turned 48 and am single with no dependents. I hope to be retire by the end of the year that I turn 56. Sooner is always better, but my guesstimate is that I'll have enough money by then to be able to have a $4000/mo income, increasing by 2% every year...
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