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powdarrmonkey

powdarrmonkey

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A friend of mine has started coughing or sneezing into the crook of his arm cause he heard that it spread germs less that way. :rolleyes:

 

That's because the BBC said so on the main evening news. How this is better than a handkerchief - or, shock horror, a disposable tissue - totally escapes me.

ascott2

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That's because the BBC said so on the main evening news. How this is better than a handkerchief - or, shock horror, a disposable tissue - totally escapes me.

 

I think it meant if you didn't have a tissue that it is better than on your hands. My interpretation of that statement anyway.

JJonas

JJonas

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That's because the BBC said so on the main evening news. How this is better than a handkerchief - or, shock horror, a disposable tissue - totally escapes me.

 

in using a handkerchief you are tranfering any germs on your hands to your face and any of your own germs to your hand which will then contaminate the next surface you touch if you use the crook of your arm the chance of contamination is less as most people dont use that part of their body to open doors.

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localzuk

localzuk

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a handkerchief

 

They are a massively unhealthy thing! Imagine, you sneeze into it, put it into your pocket, then a while later put it to your face again and voila. Very healthy.

chrbb

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I'm slightly concerned that the goverment will have to make the decisions, I wouldn't trust them to organise a p*** up in brewery:mad:
powdarrmonkey

powdarrmonkey

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They are a massively unhealthy thing! Imagine, you sneeze into it, put it into your pocket, then a while later put it to your face again and voila. Very healthy.

 

Um... paper handkerchief?

 

 

Edit: no, I did say disposable tissue. I thought I had.

WithoutMotive

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I think it might just be normal flu.

Everyone just got into a panic when someone came back from their Mexican holiday and said, "Yeah, it was great but I've a swine of a flu".

Everything just got blown out of proportion since then. Like a Chinese Whispers thing. :p:D

ICT_GUY

ICT_GUY

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I've just got back from a holiday in Mexico. Upon my return home I found a note from my wife saying that her and the kids have moved into her parents for a month and a message from my work telling me not to come in until further notice. The ironic thing is, I won that holiday in a Carlsberg competition.

 

 

 

and

 

 

A man walks into the doctors' and tells the doctor, "I think I've got swine flu." The doctor asks him, "How long have you felt like this?" To which the man replies, "About a weeeeeeeek!"

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JJonas

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I've just got back from a holiday in Mexico. Upon my return home I found a note from my wife saying that her and the kids have moved into her parents for a month and a message from my work telling me not to come in until further notice. The ironic thing is, I won that holiday in a Carlsberg competition.

 

 

 

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A man walks into the doctors' and tells the doctor, "I think I've got swine flu." The doctor asks him, "How long have you felt like this?" To which the man replies, "About a weeeeeeeek!"

 

NHS swine flu alert

 

symptom checker on that page

 

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