Some Notes On Germs During This Flu Season

fmdog44

fmdog44

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Germs can survive for weeks and months on paper.
Germs can hover in air for hours.
When you are in the doctors waiting room how many patients there are sick?
The patients use the same pen to sign in, door knobs and area surfaces in the exam room and waiting rooms.
Do healthcare professional clean their cell phones? Research says 75% don't.
Ever see a doctor clean his/her stethoscope?!
What about the elevator buttons every sick person uses to get to the doctors?
Does your healthcare professional wear a white coat? Do they ever change that coat during their work shift?
Then there are restaurants-you touch the counter.You grab the chair to move it to sit. You touch the table, you touch the door to enter and exit.
Last word-get a flu shot :)
 

More words to the wise:
. Wash your hands FREQUENTLY - especially before eating - with soap and hot water for at least 20 seconds.
 
Don't touch anything that you don't have to and if you do handle things don't touch your face until you have had a chance to wash your hands.

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RadishRose said:
Whatever you do, don't handle money!
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Great tip RR and thanks for the heads-up.

Not wanting to see any SF members be ill and out of the love that I feel for all of my fellow forum members, please feel free to send me all of that nasty germ, bacteria and cootie infested cash that you have and I'll see to it that it is disposed of properly.

So see, for all of you that had doubts you now know for sure that I do in fact have a heart.

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At least our supermarket has disinfectant wipes at the door. I take several and wipe down the handle of the cart and any other area I touch while shopping. I also never put my pocket book on the kitchen table. . The hubby and I are planning a trip to an Atlantic City casino. I don't even want to think about the germs on those machines. I'm thinking about bringing disposable gloves and wipes for the machines as well. I've seen people using them. Not sure how helpful it would be. Of course we could stay home but you can't live your life in a bubble either.
 
IKE said:
Great tip RR and thanks for the heads-up.

Not wanting to see any SF members be ill and out of the love that I feel for all of my fellow forum members, please feel free to send me all of that nasty germ, bacteria and cootie infested cash that you have and I'll see to it that it is disposed of properly.

So see, for all of you that had doubts you now know for sure that I do in fact have a heart.
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IKE, I'm tempted to send you some money just for your funny post! :playful:
 
S-o-o-o-o-o-o-o, licking the cookie crumbs off the checkout counter is out, probably….

Serious, I’ll take my chances with what’s left of my immune system

Never had a flu shot
Never got the flu
Haven’t had a cold for years, maybe decades

I do hate hospitals
sickness is there
 
Gary O' said:
S-o-o-o-o-o-o-o, licking the cookie crumbs off the checkout counter is out, probably….

Serious, I’ll take my chances with what’s left of my immune system

Never had a flu shot
Never got the flu
Haven’t had a cold for years, maybe decades

I do hate hospitals
sickness is there
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Well, you are doing something right. No antioxidants either? Do you live in Alaska, maybe that's it.
 
jaminhealth said:
Well, you are doing something right. No antioxidants either? Do you live in Alaska, maybe that's it.
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I do live at the edge of civilization, but go to town once a week....where germs reside

You are right, that living in the mountains gives one the purest of air to breathe and the clearest of (untainted, non-chlorinated) water to drink.
But take no precautions when in town
My lady uses those wipes at stores
I don't bother
 
Gary O' said:
S-o-o-o-o-o-o-o, licking the cookie crumbs off the checkout counter is out, probably….

Serious, I’ll take my chances with what’s left of my immune system

Never had a flu shot
Never got the flu
Haven’t had a cold for years, maybe decades

I do hate hospitals
sickness is there
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Same here, but I did catch the first cold in years while on holiday in Germany. (Must have been "German Sneezles" ;);)).

And what's this about not touching your face? How am I going to scratch my beard?
 
The less interaction with people the lesser your chances of getting the flu. That was my position with my doctor. His was "you are 70 it could kill you." He won I got the shot.
 
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fmdog44 said:
The less interaction with people the lesser your chances of getting the flu. That was my position with my doctor. His was "you are 70 it could kill you." He won I got the shot.
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I haven't had the flu or even a cold worth mentioning in many, many years. Last time I had the flu was when I was taking the shots, decided to stop a long time ago. I agree with you that the less interaction with people, the less likely you are to contact viruses, etc.

I just use common sense, wash my hands whenever I come home from being out somewhere, use the wipes they provide for the shopping carts if available, and try to keep my immune system strong, using supplements like D3 and vitamin C helps too. So far so good at 65, I don't know if you would die from the flu, maybe from complications like pneumonia?

I never say never though, there may come a time in my future when I decide to start getting them again for some reason, basically it's just a personal choice for every one of us.
 
Once one's immune system is weakened, we are open for just about anything that is popular in the sick world. My immune system is top notch. I keep it that way.

When I was in hospital/rehabs in 2017 for knee infection I thought if I got sick it would be there and I did not...did get a nasty cough for a while but robatussin got rid of it. Talk about sickness.
 
You know those new high power hand driers in restrooms well the buzz on those is they are too powerful so they raise the dirt/dust off the floor. Seems no matter where we go and what we do we are one step from death.;)
 

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