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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2009 16:39:31 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 26, 2009 14:29:05 GMT
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Post by spindrift on Jul 27, 2009 18:46:32 GMT
I'm still trying to get a stock of Tamiflu.....I'm trying a private prescription next.... please bear in mind that if I get SF I'll probably be dead in 48 hours if I don't have access to the Tamiflu stuff. I'll leave my password for Anyport so that my daughter can log-on here and tell you of my demise
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Post by tillystar on Jul 28, 2009 10:08:06 GMT
None of that talk Spindrift, you are a strong thing and piggy flu hasn't a chance against a lady like you. I do hope you get some Tamiflu to put your mind at rest though
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Post by spindrift on Jul 29, 2009 16:02:40 GMT
Ha! At last! I hear that someone has got the Tamiflu tablets for me.....Hurrah! I will collect them tomorrow.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 29, 2009 16:22:45 GMT
Yaaay -- what a relief!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2009 17:26:49 GMT
Meanwhile, since I work in close contact with the delightful pilgrimage to Mecca industry, we are thinking that there is a good chance that the haj will be cancelled this year.
Saudi Arabia just had its first death (a 30 year old man) from H1N1, and it has had many other cases -- as have numerous countries from which the pilgrims originate. The haj is in November-December this year, right when the pandemic should be absolutely raging across the Northern Hemisphere.
They have already decided that children under the age of 12, people over the age of 65, pregnant women and any other risk groups will be banned from the haj this year. It is not too hard to figure out what will happen next -- after all, this is only July.
If the haj is cancelled, it will be unprecedented and will definitely be an event that we should keep an eye on. The pilgrims will not be happy, since it is the trip of a lifetime.
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Post by spindrift on Aug 4, 2009 22:36:33 GMT
So now the news is that Swine Flu is the least of it and there is Pneumonic Plague in China - and it's related to the Bubonic plague. A city has been quarantined but no doubt it will waft our way sooner or later.
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Post by spindrift on Aug 12, 2009 8:23:36 GMT
Yesterday, on the eve of my departure for Switzerland, a friend (?) invited herself to my house for coffee.. I was horrified to discocver that she was in the throes of a fever with accompanying sore throat and aching body. I don't know why she came when she was so ill because she knows I'm a high-risk person (my lungs) and I can only think she came to try to frighten me. I kept well away from her and opened the windows but I couldn't throw her out. I am fine this morning but I know these things take several days to develop so I'm hoping I'll continue to feel well. I'm taking my packet of Tamiflu with me just in case. Our friendship is now seriously in doubt
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Post by happytraveller on Aug 18, 2009 9:20:59 GMT
What an irresponsible person spindrift. I am glad that I have met you in good health in Switzerland !
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2009 11:00:53 GMT
But maybe she is a carrier now!
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Post by happytraveller on Aug 19, 2009 7:02:41 GMT
Not from me !
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Post by spindrift on Aug 23, 2009 21:28:11 GMT
I'm not a carrier It appears that my gf had a terrible bout of flu whilst I was away. Her throat developed ghastly white pustules that were 'exudate'....so I'm told by a doctor friend. Exudate = dead white blood cells (fighting the infection) and pus.....Oh my! I was lucky to escape this virulent infection, probably SwineFlu. I'm not sure what to do with the mug from which she drank her coffee. The minute she left I put it in the utility room sink and filled it with dettol. It's been there for over ten days. I'm afraid to use the mug but I don't want to throw it out since it's new and was expensive. The doctor said I should boil it for 5 minutes in a large saucepan of water with added salt. Or should I throw it out?
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 23, 2009 22:28:53 GMT
Sounds like overkill. Do you think they're that careful in most restaurants? Even though everything goes through the commercial dishwasher, all that stuff gets touched by humans afterward.
Get the dettol out of the mug, rinse it, then rub baking soda inside the mug to get rid of any dettol smell. You can either swish it with vinegar after that, then wash, or proceed directly to washing it normally.
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Post by spindrift on Aug 23, 2009 22:44:52 GMT
Thanks for telling me that baking soda will get rid of the dettol smell. I was anxious because it was the doctor who told me to throw it away! but I'm not going to. I'll keep it for visitors
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Post by happytraveller on Aug 24, 2009 7:36:31 GMT
Boiling it for 5 minutes would surely do the trick. I would not throw it out either.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2009 18:24:29 GMT
Latest suggestion when things start getting bad: if you don't have a tissue or a handkerchief, if you must sneeze, do it on your sleeve rather than in your hand.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 24, 2009 20:09:19 GMT
Not that I would be caught 2 inches away from my house without a kleenex, but if I caught unawares by a sneeze, with no time to grab a tissue, I lift my neckline over my nose.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2009 20:32:33 GMT
That must be good for moisturizing your female attributes.
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Post by spindrift on Aug 24, 2009 21:18:21 GMT
These SwineFlu days I always wear a large scarf that I can whip over my nose and mouth when others sneeze or cough.
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Post by bazfaz on Aug 24, 2009 21:39:57 GMT
I have often wondered whether the flu germs are so big that they can't pass through masks (or Spindrift's scarf). If air gets through, I have a suspicion that the germs in the air pass through as well. I wait to be corrected as a simpleton.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 24, 2009 21:50:50 GMT
Well, the sneezing down the neckline thing would be to demonstrate to others that I did not wish to spray them with plague germs.
Baz, I think the germs to be carried in something, such as saliva when someone sneezes. (gad, I hate this kind of discussion)
It's all just a deterrent, and you're really counting on your immune system to protect you.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2009 11:52:30 GMT
With the commencement of school in the U.S. after all the traveling during the holidays,I dread what's next. When do schools abroad start back?
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Post by spindrift on Aug 25, 2009 22:09:39 GMT
I'm told that the state-funded schools start back next Tuesday. I don't know about the private (i.e. public) schools. Beginning of September I expect. On the subject of contagion - these days I don't like anyone kissing me hello. Or kissing me at all! I'm not always quick enough to stop them
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 25, 2009 23:39:40 GMT
Spit on them before they get close enough to kiss you.
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Post by happytraveller on Aug 26, 2009 15:05:47 GMT
Eeek Bixa, I am glad she got this advise AFTER I met her
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 26, 2009 15:34:25 GMT
Did you lunge at her with a germy kiss?
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Post by happytraveller on Aug 26, 2009 15:46:15 GMT
We said good bye the swiss way: 3 kisses on the cheeks, dry and germ free
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 26, 2009 15:51:51 GMT
I am totally sure that the Swiss don't have germs. What a beautiful well-ordered country you have! And it's been such a pleasure looking at the gorgeous views of it provided by you and by Spindrift. Here are germ-free for you both!
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Post by happytraveller on Aug 26, 2009 15:58:31 GMT
Wouldn't that be nice if we were germ free... no worries about the swine flu I was acutally thinking about starting a thread with the not-so-beauiful things about switzerland. I am sure I would not have to go very far to find some !
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