tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post6104679387558287319..comments2024-01-25T11:14:39.042+00:00Comments on maniacmum: Sod's law dictates...Jane Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-78666457992344095312009-05-06T16:10:00.001+00:002009-05-06T16:10:00.001+00:00Having had a little sniffle recently, I agree with...Having had a little sniffle recently, I agree with you sis. Very wasteful on the paper. And the washing hands too. I am sort of resigned to the fact that if one of us gets it we all get it, and trying to restrict my passing on bugs at work. (Another mutually opposing idea, open plan office spaces and trying to restrict the spread of disease)<br /><br />I am also with Persephone (& you said in your previous) I respect the pandemic. It might not be this one, or it might be this one resurging in the winter, but it will hit us eventually. We are probably better prepared than we were in the past, but there will be more people seriously ill/ or dying than we are used to. Plus the knock on to work/the economy when we are all off looking after our kids/relatives or sick, does mean life will be severely disrupted when it happens. <br /><br />I actually think the government are doing a good job on this one, making the right preparations, and giving us the information we need. So I think we need to take it seriously, but not panic in the way the media would like...<br /><br />Mad TwinxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-77095577989544835002009-05-06T16:10:00.000+00:002009-05-06T16:10:00.000+00:00Having had a little sniffle recently, I agree with...Having had a little sniffle recently, I agree with you sis. Very wasteful on the paper. And the washing hands too. I am sort of resigned to the fact that if one of us gets it we all get it, and trying to restrict my passing on bugs at work. (Another mutually opposing idea, open plan office spaces and trying to restrict the spread of disease)<br /><br />I am also with Persephone (& you said in your previous) I respect the pandemic. It might not be this one, or it might be this one resurging in the winter, but it will hit us eventually. We are probably better prepared than we were in the past, but there will be more people seriously ill/ or dying than we are used to. Plus the knock on to work/the economy when we are all off looking after our kids/relatives or sick, does mean life will be severely disrupted when it happens. <br /><br />I actually think the government are doing a good job on this one, making the right preparations, and giving us the information we need. So I think we need to take it seriously, but not panic in the way the media would like...<br /><br />Mad TwinxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-13763736401346287512009-05-06T14:12:00.000+00:002009-05-06T14:12:00.000+00:00I have a healthy respect for pandemics. My great-...I have a healthy respect for pandemics. My great-aunt died in the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19. She was 26 and had been married for six months.<br /><br />However, as you yourself have pointed out, so far the death toll is far far below those getting killed in car accidents, and I don't see any posters requesting people to stop driving.<br /><br />About a year ago, I began regularly wiping down the computer keyboard with rubbing alcohol before I use it. I'm given to understand you can pick up more germs at the PC than you can from your toilet. While I'm at it, I wipe the remotes, the telephone, the light switches and the fridge door handle. I may be imagining it, but we seem to be picking up fewer bugs this year...Persephonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560178981320189795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-46386131055607876932009-05-06T12:57:00.000+00:002009-05-06T12:57:00.000+00:00Kleenex are definitely the place to invest - they ...Kleenex are definitely the place to invest - they were handing out free tissues (including allegedly 'anti-viral' tissues) at Manchester Piccadilly this morning.Lazy Perfectionistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01683908637772154798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19302868.post-81679692727551358642009-05-06T12:43:00.000+00:002009-05-06T12:43:00.000+00:00Shall I put up a big red cross to warn people off?...Shall I put up a big red cross to warn people off???Jane Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.com