Handwashing. It's all about handwashing. There are astonishingly few things that are actually transmitted through the air.
At the University of Rochester years ago, about 2/3 of the pediatric residents picked up a nasty cold virus called RSV during their first year. A very aggressive hand hygiene program cut that to 10 percent. Similar studies abound. I would bet that your general pediatrician friend's hand hygiene isn't up to snuff... Rick --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Or, better yet, get a whole boatload of kids. When > I taught high > >school and had 125 kids coughing in my face every > day, I never got > >sick. Not once in ten years. Exposure toughens the > immune system. > > Funny thing is, I expected that to happen when I > started teaching, but > I went through last year without so much as a > sniffle. (And, > ironically, I picked up this bug while away from > school.) > Come to think of it, working in a retail photo lab > ought to have > exposed me to a large portion of the great unwashed > and their germs. > Nada. And my S.O. works in a children's hospital and > rarely even gets a > cold -- though she doesn't come into direct contact > with any kids > suffering from anything as trivial as a cold you'd > think those airborne > viruses would get spread pretty thoroughly. > > OTOH: We have a friend who's a general pediatrician > in private practice > and she gets sick all the time. You can't get that > close to sick kids > that often and get away with it :) > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
