Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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I am hearing to much panic form this flu. The CDC is doing what it is supposed to do , preparing for the worse case senerio, but for everyone else -- just do what you should normally do. Wash you hands more. take more vitamin C ( immune boosting ) get enough sleep, etc. If you are more susceptible to getting serious cases of the flu -- take all illness just a bit more seriously.
If I understand it correctly -- 20 people in the US have had it and it has been much milder here.
It's a sad testament to how extremely tired I've been for the past week or so that I kind of wish I'd get the swine flu so that I could be off work and get some goddamn sleep.
3 days on the couch sounds good to me , but that is asthma talking.
I also have major grumps -- getting blood drawn at 930. no food. starving now.
There are four reported cases in NS stemming from a school trip to Mexico. Today they are reporting that there are likely more previously undetected cases spreading out from the friends and family of people at the school, and they expect it to spread to the rest of NS.
If I have to stay home for a week, I will gladly do it!
swine flu is the punch line for a million things today.
The freak out seems bizarre to me, as noted, lots of people die from the flu every year.
Also, anti-bacterial stuff kinda freaks me out.
My wife asked me how much vacation I have and it turns out it's 27 days. That's a lot of vacation.
Also, anti-bacterial stuff kinda freaks me out.
for me it is hand sanitizers. most of them are alcohol based. Which drys my hands. and cause cracks , where germs can get in....
I occasionally use them , but mostly in places where there is no place to wash hands or when people give you a library book that has an unknown substance on it.
The 1918 flu pandemic which killed more people worldwide than WWI also originated in pigs. I don't think panic is a useful response to any situation, but I can understand why people are afraid.
And you can skip the antibacterial soaps - influenza is a virus. Just use soap and water.
Does anyone have an easy peasy hummus reciepe? Foolproof for the idiot I can be?