The recent turn of health events made me flinch and simply fancy to stay home. Aside from having to pay my physician a visit on a pretty regular basis, this new epidemic is really driving me nuts. Call it paranoia or something but swine flu, now in its very startling rate, bothers me.
I am OC already but recently my OC-ness morphed to a notch higher – as in Adrian Monk OC! Save for a few loved ones, I refuse to touch anyone at all or if I do, I would immediately rub my hands with a sanitizer or alcohol. Yesterday, I purchased a mask just in case. I know that is over the top but still, prevention is better than cure.
My 6-year-old cousin, Patrick is probably one of the most curious little boy I know. His questions are endless and would try anything at once – simply to satisfy his curiosity. With that, I would often catch him tinkering on a lot of “interesting” stuff that I wouldn’t dare touch. Last night, I had a “cool talk” (as he puts it) with him. I explained to him why it is very important to keep our hands clean – with matching visual aids and a lot of coloring, too. It was a good 10-15 minute chitchat, with him making a “promise” that he will make sure his hands are always clean. To that, I was naturally very happy.
Cheers to clean hands. Boo to swine flu.
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From yesterday’s Inquirer, here’s an excerpt from Swine flu etiquette:
"Do you know that there are “etiquette rules” to follow when coughing? Our most instinctive reaction when we cough or sneeze is to cover our mouth and nose with our bare hands. But, say health authorities, this only increases the spread of germs since hands, if left unwashed or sanitized after, could very easily transfer the microbes.
Some would sneeze into the sleeves, taking care to cover their mouth and nose, although this is not easy to achieve. If one doesn’t have a handkerchief or tissue at hand, the “proper way” of coughing, say health authorities, is to cough into one’s shirt, holding the neckline over one’s face to prevent the spread of germs – carried in the air through droplets expelled by your mouth or nose – to other people.
Washing one’s hands frequently, or using alcohol hand cleansers, are also practices we can adopt to prevent spreading not just swine flu virus but other germs as well.
Germs can spread by direct physical contact, or by holding items that an infected person has held before. Our mothers were right: wash hands before and after eating, after using the bathroom, and after sneezing or coughing. "
Again, prevention is better than cure. I am sure it won’t hurt that we observe such swine flu etiquette.
I am OC already but recently my OC-ness morphed to a notch higher – as in Adrian Monk OC! Save for a few loved ones, I refuse to touch anyone at all or if I do, I would immediately rub my hands with a sanitizer or alcohol. Yesterday, I purchased a mask just in case. I know that is over the top but still, prevention is better than cure.
My 6-year-old cousin, Patrick is probably one of the most curious little boy I know. His questions are endless and would try anything at once – simply to satisfy his curiosity. With that, I would often catch him tinkering on a lot of “interesting” stuff that I wouldn’t dare touch. Last night, I had a “cool talk” (as he puts it) with him. I explained to him why it is very important to keep our hands clean – with matching visual aids and a lot of coloring, too. It was a good 10-15 minute chitchat, with him making a “promise” that he will make sure his hands are always clean. To that, I was naturally very happy.
Cheers to clean hands. Boo to swine flu.
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From yesterday’s Inquirer, here’s an excerpt from Swine flu etiquette:
"Do you know that there are “etiquette rules” to follow when coughing? Our most instinctive reaction when we cough or sneeze is to cover our mouth and nose with our bare hands. But, say health authorities, this only increases the spread of germs since hands, if left unwashed or sanitized after, could very easily transfer the microbes.
Some would sneeze into the sleeves, taking care to cover their mouth and nose, although this is not easy to achieve. If one doesn’t have a handkerchief or tissue at hand, the “proper way” of coughing, say health authorities, is to cough into one’s shirt, holding the neckline over one’s face to prevent the spread of germs – carried in the air through droplets expelled by your mouth or nose – to other people.
Washing one’s hands frequently, or using alcohol hand cleansers, are also practices we can adopt to prevent spreading not just swine flu virus but other germs as well.
Germs can spread by direct physical contact, or by holding items that an infected person has held before. Our mothers were right: wash hands before and after eating, after using the bathroom, and after sneezing or coughing. "
Again, prevention is better than cure. I am sure it won’t hurt that we observe such swine flu etiquette.
Or just don't touch me. ;-)
