People used to play with the mercury in mercury thermometers all the time, so while we know better now, it's not quite as bad as all that. You do want to take precautions, but yeah, the little thermometer amounts won't hurt you.
FWIW, it is possible to have a flu without a fever. It's unusual, but they were specifically noting in the H1N1 coverage that some people will not get a fever but will have the other symptoms, including the extreme tiredness that's typical of the flu.
There's no real way to know whether you've got it or not without actually doing laboratory tests that they're not going to bother with unless you're bad off, so you're entitled to say that you've got the flu if you feel like it and no one can prove you wrong. :)
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FWIW, it is possible to have a flu without a fever. It's unusual, but they were specifically noting in the H1N1 coverage that some people will not get a fever but will have the other symptoms, including the extreme tiredness that's typical of the flu.
There's no real way to know whether you've got it or not without actually doing laboratory tests that they're not going to bother with unless you're bad off, so you're entitled to say that you've got the flu if you feel like it and no one can prove you wrong. :)