Keep your germs to yourselves

I’ve been ill all week – picked up a nasty cold from The Man, who’d got it from The Boy, the only one who has escaped is The Dog. Do dogs get colds, I wonder?

So there I was, felt grotty all last weekend, and what did I do come Monday morning? Yup, didn’t help myself by going into work anyway: “There’s so much to do, I can’t be sick, there’s a deadline we have to meet”. By Tuesday afternoon I was on my knees, and have been there ever since!

The Dog by the way has been ecstatic, as he’s had mummy and daddy’s company in the daytime!

Now, in my darker moments this week, I was heard to say ‘The Boy should have kept his germs to himself’, and I’m aware that I may also have shared some of those germs with my colleagues because I didn’t listen when The Man said ‘Don’t go in if you’re ill’ . But it’s much worse than that – I read a really terrifying thing on the BBC news website, apparently:

More than one in four commuters has bacteria from faeces on their hands.

In the article they say that some people aren’t washing their hands after they’ve been to the loo! (What? Why? That’s really disgusting!) They go on to explain that hand-washing is one of the most important ways of controlling the spread of infections like diarrhoea, vomiting, colds and flu.

Cripes! I don’t want the norovirus as well, nor do I want to find out whether the flu jab I had is working, I just want to get back to work… perhaps I’ll start wearing those little surgical masks, maybe I should invest in some latex gloves, or maybe, just maybe, you could all just keep your germs to yourselves. Deal?

~ by harrietdg on November 15, 2008.