tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post1174706848720484448..comments2024-02-12T05:30:13.488-05:00Comments on Fanatic Cook: 2009 Swine Flu Responsible For Over 10,000 American DeathsBixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-31332381503820989812011-11-13T04:40:06.572-05:002011-11-13T04:40:06.572-05:00Factory farming is killing us in so many unexpecte...Factory farming is killing us in so many unexpected ways.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-14356638353873272552011-11-11T18:04:18.586-05:002011-11-11T18:04:18.586-05:00My hands are crispy from washing them so often.My hands are crispy from washing them so often.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-59403659461998819132011-11-11T17:13:39.035-05:002011-11-11T17:13:39.035-05:00Good idea Shaun. Bix, carry a few Kleenexes w/ yo...Good idea Shaun. Bix, carry a few Kleenexes w/ you for those blower-only bathrooms!Angela and Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595787896658046091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-14630232918976730152011-11-11T13:18:46.629-05:002011-11-11T13:18:46.629-05:00Okay, I have to say the bathroom door really bothe...Okay, I have to say the bathroom door really bothers me. <br /><br />1. The doors should always swing out, so I can put my shoulder into it when leaving.<br /><br />2. I always use a towel or the tail end of my shirt to grab the handles if necessary (see point 1). <br /><br />shauncaulfieldkidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220688207706880140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-75827722860047650052011-11-11T12:42:19.589-05:002011-11-11T12:42:19.589-05:00lol ... I use the towel to open the door too! Exc...lol ... I use the towel to open the door too! Except in the newer ones where all they have are blowers.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-13505537091887706032011-11-11T11:11:32.464-05:002011-11-11T11:11:32.464-05:00Yes, they showed us that too (the petri dishes). ...Yes, they showed us that too (the petri dishes). And they've actually had cases of MRSA & C-diff there at the nursing home. Meanwhile, the new-hire (young) nurses were overhead (by me) on their cell phones telling whomever was on the other end that they were having a lecture on how infection spreads "or some bull like that." Sigh.<br />Re bathroom door knobs, it pays to hold onto the toweling w/ which you dry your hands and use *that* to open the door to exit. I almost never see anyone doing that. I learned it years ago from a story on NPR.Angela and Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595787896658046091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-82811572373718779982011-11-11T05:11:37.946-05:002011-11-11T05:11:37.946-05:00Not into their elbow :)
I have to say, I'm re...Not into their elbow :)<br /><br />I have to say, I'm really afraid of <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0004520/" rel="nofollow">MRSA</a>, the strains of bacteria resistant to drugs.<br /><br />Back in school, micro lab, we were given petri dishes and q-tips and told to go out and swab anything and everything in the building. Fun. We could get more to grow from a swab of the handle on the bathroom door than from the toilet seats.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-35784650289066410512011-11-10T19:21:51.053-05:002011-11-10T19:21:51.053-05:00Oh, btw, I had to sit through an orientation for m...Oh, btw, I had to sit through an orientation for my new part-time job at a nunnery nursing home. The head nurse showed the most disgusting cartoon video about how bacteria and other microbes spread. I didn't think I was all that obsessive-compulsive, but I didn't want to touch anything after she was done! Yech! SOOOOOO glad I'm not a nurse. And all these nursing staff and food-service staff sitting in on the meeting were snuffling, blowing their noses, sneezing (not into their elbow)--GROSS!Angela and Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595787896658046091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-55245451239448185102011-11-10T19:18:34.206-05:002011-11-10T19:18:34.206-05:00Yikes.Yikes.Angela and Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595787896658046091noreply@blogger.com