I feel really bad for all the teachers and all those in the service industries

[Ms. Toad]

5. Thank you - but I'm OK.

Teacher here - post-secondary, but sometimes those folks are worse because the reality that their life after JD depends on getting good grades drives quite a few of them to attend even when they are sick.

I've been practicing disease prevention hygeine for years. I get maybe one mild cold every other winter, and I may have had the flu once in the 10 years since I starteed aggressively practicing disease prevention hygeine (I don't get the flu shot, so that's all either disease prevention hygeine or a significant reservoir of similar antibodies from a life of exposure.

I do plan to ask the administration to insist that the cleaning crew (1) more regularly check for missing towels and soap and (2) disinfect surfaces daily (as thoroughy discussed in another thread - our new building installed free fecal showers in the guise of toilets - and they are not being cleaned regularly).

I supply both towels and soap when I notice they are missing (I keep a supply of cheap soap - which comes out about every other week & the cleaning crew accidentally left a box of towels out, so I stowed it away and restock when they forget.)