Nah. I'm not panicking. Just washing my hands, which is what I do all the time, anyway. (Gives me lovely, sandpaper-y hands that look at least 15 years older than the rest of me.)
Actually, the point I was trying to make that 109 people isn't all that many in the first place. 109 million? I will worry. But not for 109.
I have to worry a little bit about bringing the flu home with me, or a cold, because my mom is 86, I live with her, and I take care of her. I try very hard not to pass anything on to her, because the elderly can die of the flu. She gets pneumonia easily, too, just from colds. So it's not just the current flu rage that I have to think about.
Perhaps this is why I'm not inclined to panic, myself. If I did, I'd have to panic every time somebody sneezed my direction! All I have to do is make sure I don't pass my germs on to Mom if I can avoid it. Again, it's not just the current disease-of-the-moment I wash my hands against. It's everything.
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Date: 2009-05-01 04:39 am (UTC)Actually, the point I was trying to make that 109 people isn't all that many in the first place. 109 million? I will worry. But not for 109.
I have to worry a little bit about bringing the flu home with me, or a cold, because my mom is 86, I live with her, and I take care of her. I try very hard not to pass anything on to her, because the elderly can die of the flu. She gets pneumonia easily, too, just from colds. So it's not just the current flu rage that I have to think about.
Perhaps this is why I'm not inclined to panic, myself. If I did, I'd have to panic every time somebody sneezed my direction! All I have to do is make sure I don't pass my germs on to Mom if I can avoid it. Again, it's not just the current disease-of-the-moment I wash my hands against. It's everything.
Anyway, that's about it.