I know coughing all too well; nowadays, whenever I am sick, I have bronchitis, which means lots and lots of “I feel like I’m choking”-level coughing. I don’t feel particularly exhausted, though.
Get well soon!
That stuff doesn’t actually work all that well, if at all.
Plus the antibacterial action is why we have resistant bacteria now – thanks J&J sales and marketing – they need to get the plague.
Just use soap and water and a clean towel to “pat” dry.
All that rubbing brings what was at the base of the pores to the surface and negates all that cleaning. So rubbing the hands together in an air dryer is horrible on so many fronts.
Hand sanitizer is typically just gelled rubbing alcohol. Rubbing alcohol is actually quite effective at sterilization–hospitals soak surgery implements in it to get them clean. If you buy the right stuff–anything with 60% or higher alcohol–and make sure to use the sanitizer properly, then the alcohol will do the disinfecting–it won’t lead to an increase in antibiotic resistance, because there will be no antibiotics. The real problem though is that it’s not likely to be just your hands that are contaminated, rendering it pointless in that regard (it’s still very useful in hospitals, which try hard to be sterile).
That said, soap and water are necessary for proper sanitation, and is generally preferred over sanitizer.
If you’re exhausted after you make a sandwich, are you sure you don’t have the flu? I think the difference is that if you see a $20 bill under a bush across the road, if you have a cold, you’d go get it, but if you have the flu, it wouldn’t be worth it.
But I guess it depends on the size and complexity of the sandwich.
Don’t you mean “young enough or old enough”?
Or possibly “both too young and too old”.
Or even “…so young or so old…”? But since he’s sick and weak from sandwich-making, we should give him a break.
I know coughing all too well; nowadays, whenever I am sick, I have bronchitis, which means lots and lots of “I feel like I’m choking”-level coughing. I don’t feel particularly exhausted, though.
Get well soon!
Bring on da funk! …and the hand sanitizer.
That stuff doesn’t actually work all that well, if at all.
Plus the antibacterial action is why we have resistant bacteria now – thanks J&J sales and marketing – they need to get the plague.
Just use soap and water and a clean towel to “pat” dry.
All that rubbing brings what was at the base of the pores to the surface and negates all that cleaning. So rubbing the hands together in an air dryer is horrible on so many fronts.
Hand sanitizer is typically just gelled rubbing alcohol. Rubbing alcohol is actually quite effective at sterilization–hospitals soak surgery implements in it to get them clean. If you buy the right stuff–anything with 60% or higher alcohol–and make sure to use the sanitizer properly, then the alcohol will do the disinfecting–it won’t lead to an increase in antibiotic resistance, because there will be no antibiotics. The real problem though is that it’s not likely to be just your hands that are contaminated, rendering it pointless in that regard (it’s still very useful in hospitals, which try hard to be sterile).
That said, soap and water are necessary for proper sanitation, and is generally preferred over sanitizer.
I’d say ‘get well soon’, but I’m too stoked about the promise of a week of sick jokes. Uh… get well eventually?
Amen!
If you’re exhausted after you make a sandwich, are you sure you don’t have the flu? I think the difference is that if you see a $20 bill under a bush across the road, if you have a cold, you’d go get it, but if you have the flu, it wouldn’t be worth it.
But I guess it depends on the size and complexity of the sandwich.
A Dagwood sandwich probably would have killed him.
What a way to go, though
Hope you get well soon, Adam! In the meantime, please remember: your daughter is NOT a hanky.
Good luck 🙂
I feel like you might be vaguely interested to know that the term “not medically significant” exists. It means basically what you’ve said.