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89. Hand Sanitizer And Gloves Do Very Little to Combat Flu

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 02:26 PM

Jan 2013

Flu is generally an airborne virus. The most likely vector is someone who is infected sneezing or coughing in your general vicinity and it's worse in cold, dry air (the sneeze/cough droplets infected with flu hand in the air longer and carry further than they would in damp, warm air). Generally the only "contact" way to catch the flu is if you touch an infected surface and then touch your mouth or nose (so again...gloves pretty ineffective because if you touch an infected doorknob with your gloved hand, then rub your nose...same problem).

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I swear that a quarter of my Facebook friends say they're sick with the flu today...... [View all] marmar Jan 2013 OP

What's I find nuts..... vi5 Jan 2013 #1

My husband had the flu shot and a pneumonia shot and still got it! Laurian Jan 2013 #25

Several people in my office leftynyc Jan 2013 #35

From what I've heard... vi5 Jan 2013 #47

Seeing as the flu shot doesnt give you 100% protection Dokkie Jan 2013 #97

I know it doesn't give leftynyc Jan 2013 #99

No, it can't be a match Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #46

This simply not true Texasgal Jan 2013 #68

I am now resolved to carry and use hand sanitizer when going shopping. Or keep my gloves on. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #71

Hand Sanitizer And Gloves Do Very Little to Combat Flu NeedleCast Jan 2013 #89

Hand sanitizer is not a helpful thing to do. While it may onecent Jan 2013 #110

Unless it's all the ppl who got the flu shot that got the flu. nt valerief Jan 2013 #77

People who didn't get the flu shot are getting it too Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #92

Otherwise healthy people just need to treat the symptoms and ride it out. Pressuring the supply of Ed Suspicious Jan 2013 #79

Assuming you're referring to Tami Flu vi5 Jan 2013 #90

Precisely. n/t Ed Suspicious Jan 2013 #95

The last time I got the flu shot I got sick as hell ChisolmTrailDem Jan 2013 #87

Then You got a different strain of flu than the one in the vaccine NeedleCast Jan 2013 #93

The CDC has alot of really good info on the flu and the vaccines Marrah_G Jan 2013 #96

My son and DIL already got it...but there is no Tamiflu available up here. Atman Jan 2013 #2

Interesting...no flu shot here either HipChick Jan 2013 #4

It sounds like the younger people are getting hit much harder with this strain. GoCubsGo Jan 2013 #6

Your "young strapping kids"... CanSocDem Jan 2013 #10

Well, they have a 10 month old... Atman Jan 2013 #21

Yes, a person can just think away the flu! What horseshit. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #36

Actually, my son is tech geek software developer. Atman Jan 2013 #51

Well... CanSocDem Jan 2013 #102

No, no, no... jberryhill Jan 2013 #105

You almost had it there... CanSocDem Jan 2013 #111

I recommend 1000cc's of homeopathy. Stat! Orrex Jan 2013 #42

YOu know you can't summon or dismiss a virus at will right? Marrah_G Jan 2013 #104

It's your boogeyman, not mine. (eom) CanSocDem Jan 2013 #108

oooookay... Marrah_G Jan 2013 #112

Isn't Tamiflu owned by Rumsfelt? MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #29

I'm sick, but not sure if its the flu... dorkzilla Jan 2013 #3

Definitely sounds like flu symptoms. marmar Jan 2013 #5

I was afraid of that. dorkzilla Jan 2013 #14

The flu here in Calgary, you start out feeling arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #23

My mom had it a week ago Aerows Jan 2013 #28

We have never experienced anything like it before. Please tell your Mum to take care as secondary arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #57

That sounds awful, so sorry you got so sick! dorkzilla Jan 2013 #30

I am much better, thank you. Have been visiting my Mum in the hospital since Monday.. arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #56

So sorry your Mum is poorly dorkzilla Jan 2013 #72

Seems the shot missed this strain of the flu...a good lesson for their future shots arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #80

"projectile vomiting" Odin2005 Jan 2013 #37

I was waiting for our heads to spin and given there was no pea soup vomit, we could all arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #58

I've been fighting it... a la izquierda Jan 2013 #7

My husband is in bed HappyMe Jan 2013 #8

Hubby and I had mild cases of it because we got flu shots. Hospitals in appleannie1 Jan 2013 #9

The hospital my Mum is in since Jan 1, wouldn't arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #19

Nope, but I've got sick friends too. PETRUS Jan 2013 #11

It was reported on the local news last night. Hatchling Jan 2013 #12

I had a nasty cold back at the beginning of November. kentauros Jan 2013 #13

It's very important for people to be cautious Marrah_G Jan 2013 #15

The flu is very bad this year. Very sad. backtoblue Jan 2013 #16

Those stories are about the same kid. He was visiting relatives in Minnesota. redqueen Jan 2013 #73

very sad. backtoblue Jan 2013 #74

NP, it's a big story here of course... redqueen Jan 2013 #82

i'm your neighbor backtoblue Jan 2013 #94

Howdy neighbor redqueen Jan 2013 #101

I got it Dec 21 and ended up with 3 bouts of arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #17

Everyone in my office is coughing/hacking up a storm or home sick. FSogol Jan 2013 #18

A doctor once told me Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #40

All of my organs are perserved by floating in alcohol! FSogol Jan 2013 #53

That's the truth Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #88

The flu started out in my blood stream and then finished off in my respiratory :( n/t arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #60

There has been some evidence that Sambucol (Black Elderberry) FedUpWithIt All Jan 2013 #84

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Thanks - I have saved the look and will try and lay some in before next flu season Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #91

The flu changes very fast, especially in a year like this when it begins early. FedUpWithIt All Jan 2013 #98

I swear by this stuff deutsey Jan 2013 #109

My kids are both home sick from school today gollygee Jan 2013 #20

Nov it swept through here Johonny Jan 2013 #22

Very sick past 3 days panAmerican Jan 2013 #24

My roommate has it pretty bad right now MynameisBlarney Jan 2013 #26

I got the flu last Friday. I am still so sick cali Jan 2013 #27

This is day 11 for me sorefeet Jan 2013 #31

Oh god dorkzilla Jan 2013 #32

The flu shot this year missed this strain of the flu, if that is any consolation arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #59

Aye, and had the shot as well. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #33

My Mum did too and she has been in the hospital now for 10 days :( n/t arthritisR_US Jan 2013 #61

It's everywhere. it seems like everyone has it! Odin2005 Jan 2013 #34

I got the flu over the Christmas holiday. MineralMan Jan 2013 #38

Most of my family Yo_Mama Jan 2013 #39

two of my kids have been horribly ill. Sheepshank Jan 2013 #41

I don't know if it's the flu, but I sure have something. Started out with severe sore throat and Nay Jan 2013 #43

Had the flu once... fugop Jan 2013 #44

Same here. vi5 Jan 2013 #49

Agree. Having the flu once was enough for me. kiranon Jan 2013 #66

Everyone. Baitball Blogger Jan 2013 #45

Recovering. amandabeech Jan 2013 #48

I know someone who died from... PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #50

I have a friend who almost died from that H1N1 a couple years ago. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2013 #83

I wish everyone who responded had posted where the live. SheilaT Jan 2013 #52

I am in Mass Marrah_G Jan 2013 #65

I thought you might find this link valuable Marrah_G Jan 2013 #67

some of the illness is the rhinovirus which the flushot does not help graham4anything Jan 2013 #54

I've got either a bad head cold or the flu that's being tempered by kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #55

Luckily I got my flu shot just on Monday before I came down with it. Dorian Gray Jan 2013 #62

Isn't it obvious what's going on? Facebook causes the Flu. FSogol Jan 2013 #63

Cold/flu kiva Jan 2013 #64

I am starting to get symptoms... tallahasseedem Jan 2013 #69

I had a passing bout of stomach/gut flu. Pretty acute. I've never had stomach cramps afterwards. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #70

In bed now, sick as a whelp w/fever, cough, the works... VOX Jan 2013 #75

Sweating, mucusy, feverish, can't sleep, sicker than a dog for three days now. n/t Ed Suspicious Jan 2013 #76

i get the shot every october d_b Jan 2013 #78

i've stayed healthy barbtries Jan 2013 #81

Sambucol FedUpWithIt All Jan 2013 #86

Me and the wife both have it.. fever, cough, aches.. X_Digger Jan 2013 #100

it seems to be going around samsingh Jan 2013 #103

Wife had it the other day and two of my kids had it a week or so ago deutsey Jan 2013 #106

Don't have it but I am changing my casino-going visits for a while rainbow4321 Jan 2013 #107