Are you already wearing your H1N1 mask for your holidays? (33)
Sorry, just have to make a contribution here, seeing this thread only now.
I think anyone having a coughing sneezing infection should wear a mask when they travel by air!
I once sat across the aisle from a fella who spent the entire flight exploding in coughing and sneezing fits - so bad, I eventually erected a "curtain" across the side of my seat! I had visions of his germs landing on my food!(and me) yugh! And no-one else seemed to mind him?
I think anyone having a coughing sneezing infection should wear a mask when they travel by air!
I once sat across the aisle from a fella who spent the entire flight exploding in coughing and sneezing fits - so bad, I eventually erected a "curtain" across the side of my seat! I had visions of his germs landing on my food!(and me) yugh! And no-one else seemed to mind him?
smoky: Sorry, just have to make a contribution here, seeing this thread only now.
I think anyone having a coughing sneezing infection should wear a mask when they travel by air!
I once sat across the aisle from a fella who spent the entire flight exploding in coughing and sneezing fits - so bad, I eventually erected a "curtain" across the side of my seat! I had visions of his germs landing on my food!(and me) yugh! And no-one else seemed to mind him?
I think anyone having a coughing sneezing infection should wear a mask when they travel by air!
I once sat across the aisle from a fella who spent the entire flight exploding in coughing and sneezing fits - so bad, I eventually erected a "curtain" across the side of my seat! I had visions of his germs landing on my food!(and me) yugh! And no-one else seemed to mind him?
Bravo Smoky, really! Damn him!
I'm going to Portugal within 2 months time. Every day I hear the numbers increasing over there! Of course, I must keep in mind that it's also part of their global threatening strategy to keep people in a "mais ou menos" style of living!
I prefer a gas mask or better a scuba-gear
cristina: Bravo Smoky, really! Damn him!
I'm going to Portugal within 2 months time. Every day I hear the numbers increasing over there! Of course, I must keep in mind that it's also part of their global threatening strategy to keep people in a "mais ou menos" style of living!
I'm going to Portugal within 2 months time. Every day I hear the numbers increasing over there! Of course, I must keep in mind that it's also part of their global threatening strategy to keep people in a "mais ou menos" style of living!
Have an enjoyable time Cris, and dont worry.
More people die in auto and household accidents than from flu!
smoky: Sorry, just have to make a contribution here, seeing this thread only now.
I think anyone having a coughing sneezing infection should wear a mask when they travel by air!
I once sat across the aisle from a fella who spent the entire flight exploding in coughing and sneezing fits - so bad, I eventually erected a "curtain" across the side of my seat! I had visions of his germs landing on my food!(and me) yugh! And no-one else seemed to mind him?
I think anyone having a coughing sneezing infection should wear a mask when they travel by air!
I once sat across the aisle from a fella who spent the entire flight exploding in coughing and sneezing fits - so bad, I eventually erected a "curtain" across the side of my seat! I had visions of his germs landing on my food!(and me) yugh! And no-one else seemed to mind him?
I had the same thing happen to me Smoky but not without problems.
The guy beside me on a flight from Florida had a really bad cough it seemed like he was choking.
A while later (can't say exactly anymore ...weeks) I got a bad cough. I had to stay home from work and a just couldn't kick it. It was very bad because the slime in my throat was so thick it clogged up my airways. A neighbor heard me cough and said "He's got the whooping cough. My brother had it when he was a child and it is unmistakeable the sound you make." The doctor was called right away. And he had never had a case of whooping cough before because everybody in Belgium is inoculated for it. Almost everybody in Canada too except Christian Scientists and a few others. What was I when I was a kid do you think? A Christian Scientist thanks to my Father. So I had to live through a whooping cough for about 6 weeks as an adult. Not pleasant believe you me. I was really glad I had training in Scuba diving because when the thick slime enters your airway it seals off your air intake 100% and you just have to wait until it slips out of the way. As a scuba diver we trained to go without air for long periods of time so I could take it.
But I'm sure I looked like this
and like this 
quite a bit.
smoky: Have an enjoyable time Cris, and dont worry.
More people die in auto and household accidents than from flu!
More people die in auto and household accidents than from flu!
Yeah, but is this just "a flu"? If so, no worries then, they may cough on my food!
Whatever. Thanks Smoky
wooffy: I had the same thing happen to me Smoky but not without problems.
The guy beside me on a flight from Florida had a really bad cough it seemed like he was choking.
A while later (can't say exactly anymore ...weeks) I got a bad cough. I had to stay home from work and a just couldn't kick it. It was very bad because the slime in my throat was so thick it clogged up my airways. A neighbor heard me cough and said "He's got the whooping cough. My brother had it when he was a child and it is unmistakeable the sound you make." The doctor was called right away. And he had never had a case of whooping cough before because everybody in Belgium is inoculated for it. Almost everybody in Canada too except Christian Scientists and a few others. What was I when I was a kid do you think? A Christian Scientist thanks to my Father. So I had to live through a whooping cough for about 6 weeks as an adult. Not pleasant believe you me. I was really glad I had training in Scuba diving because when the thick slime enters your airway it seals off your air intake 100% and you just have to wait until it slips out of the way. As a scuba diver we trained to go without air for long periods of time so I could take it.
But I'm sure I looked like this and like this
quite a bit.
The guy beside me on a flight from Florida had a really bad cough it seemed like he was choking.
A while later (can't say exactly anymore ...weeks) I got a bad cough. I had to stay home from work and a just couldn't kick it. It was very bad because the slime in my throat was so thick it clogged up my airways. A neighbor heard me cough and said "He's got the whooping cough. My brother had it when he was a child and it is unmistakeable the sound you make." The doctor was called right away. And he had never had a case of whooping cough before because everybody in Belgium is inoculated for it. Almost everybody in Canada too except Christian Scientists and a few others. What was I when I was a kid do you think? A Christian Scientist thanks to my Father. So I had to live through a whooping cough for about 6 weeks as an adult. Not pleasant believe you me. I was really glad I had training in Scuba diving because when the thick slime enters your airway it seals off your air intake 100% and you just have to wait until it slips out of the way. As a scuba diver we trained to go without air for long periods of time so I could take it.
But I'm sure I looked like this and like this
quite a bit.
So moving Wooffy
I'm glad you were a scuba diver
cristina: So moving Wooffy
I'm glad you were a scuba diver
I'm glad you were a scuba diver
went to holland a lot in those days
wooffy: went to holland a lot in those days
Wow, so fab
cristina: Yeah, but is this just "a flu"? If so, no worries then, they may cough on my food!
Whatever. Thanks Smoky
Whatever. Thanks Smoky
There`s a lot of media hype about this H1N1 virus -but its just another flu virus. The last flu virus killed +-5,000 people in the world! this one is only up to a few hundred.
And when my mother was a kid during the Great Flu Epidemic people put their dead out on the pavement every morning for carts to fetch and burn the bodies!
Nowadays, so many people get complications and do not finish their anti-biotic courses - so their bacteria is more virulent and devastating.
Even washing your hands has become compulsory ..... my grandson in UAE picked up a terrible eye infection after riding in a shopping trolley.
Buy one of those tiny hand-bag size aerosols of hand disinfectant for travelling and clean your hands before putting anything in your mouth.
Just DONT let anyone cough or sneeze over you or your food!
smoky: There`s a lot of media hype about this H1N1 virus -but its just another flu virus. The last flu virus killed +-5,000 people in the world! this one is only up to a few hundred.
And when my mother was a kid during the Great Flu Epidemic people put their dead out on the pavement every morning for carts to fetch and burn the bodies!
Nowadays, so many people get complications and do not finish their anti-biotic courses - so their bacteria is more virulent and devastating.
Even washing your hands has become compulsory ..... my grandson in UAE picked up a terrible eye infection after riding in a shopping trolley.
Buy one of those tiny hand-bag size aerosols of hand disinfectant for travelling and clean your hands before putting anything in your mouth.
Just DONT let anyone cough or sneeze over you or your food!
And when my mother was a kid during the Great Flu Epidemic people put their dead out on the pavement every morning for carts to fetch and burn the bodies!
Nowadays, so many people get complications and do not finish their anti-biotic courses - so their bacteria is more virulent and devastating.
Even washing your hands has become compulsory ..... my grandson in UAE picked up a terrible eye infection after riding in a shopping trolley.
Buy one of those tiny hand-bag size aerosols of hand disinfectant for travelling and clean your hands before putting anything in your mouth.
Just DONT let anyone cough or sneeze over you or your food!
Hahaha Smoky, I missed this, 2 hours before.
This washing our hands for everything. Unbelievably true
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WHO have been trying to downplay it's significance since day one, while the media, the American media, made it a big spectacle long before Europe heard of it.
Normal caution, as with any other flu, this one is not particularly deadly, except from in Mexico - why there is not yet fully known. It's the risk of mutation that worries the scientists.
As when the winter flu hits, stay home and avoid spreading it.
WHO | Influenza A(H1N1): frequently asked questions
It's the carrier of the flu that needs the mask btw...
Mike, thanks, googie