Q: How easy is it to catch this virus?
A: Scientists don't yet know if it takes fairly close or prolonged contact with someone who's sick, or if it's more easily spread. But in general, flu viruses spread through uncovered coughs and sneezes or — and this is important — by touching your mouth or nose with unwashed hands. Flu viruses can live on surfaces for several hours, like a doorknob just touched by someone who sneezed into his hand.
I was considering having some lunch, so I decide I should go wash my hands.
As I'm finishing washing them, I realize that I kinda have to pee. I do that, and then I wash my hands again.
As I'm leaving the bathroom, the doorbell buzzes. UPS has a package for my wife. I take it inside, and notice it was shipped from southern California, which is adjacent to Mexico, where the flu pandemic started, so I wash my hands again.
About that point, I realize how silly this is, so when I get done washing up, I go back to the living room and blog my outrage. In the process, I touch the keyboard that I'd been touching all morning/afternoon before I washed my hands. And I'm still haven't had lunch, so I guess I'll have to go wash my hands again.
Freaking hand-washing meme's got me wrapped around its' sudsy little finger!
1 comment:
Maybe you should wear like 20 pairs of rubber gloves. Then just peal a pair off when needed.
I doubt the flu can survive on a box that has traveled for a few days? How long can a virus live on a surface, especially one as dry and rough as a box.
On a positive note if you die have someone let me know. I will say something not overly mean at the funeral ;)
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