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Hello,
I LIKE you and I have always liked you but I do not understand this. Maybe it is a joke or not. I am confused. I am NOT trying to start a fight either!
Hand washing and keeping yourself clean is one of the most important factors to good health whether there is an ILLNESS going around or not.
I am sure that most kids learned this from their family. You could get dirty playing in the dirt or from baseball or on the sand at the beach from swimming or at a pool but when you got home - you CLEANED UP. You washed your hands before you ate a meal or set a table. You washed your hands after using a bathroom. You put on clean clothes after you showered or bathed. You washed your hands several times a day and especially after handling MONEY or your mail or touching things in public.
My MT husband has always worn gloves especially in the last several years when he gets gas and shops at a store. IT is not some new thing to him either.
My late husband wore gloves when he got gas too.
EXAMPLE:
In the military - most men really took care of their feet - whether they were in Nam or not due to jungle rot feet. Plus being in some foreign countries where it was hot/sweaty/dirty. Did they have a foot fetish? LOL NO.
On a USN SHIP or in any enclosed space - you kept clean. You did not want your space or your health compromised on a destroyer or on a carrier.
The first thing that most troops did especially AFTER my late husband's USN Nam time and around the world time did when they (Air NG) landed in a war zone, in any foreign country or playing war games (Stateside and overseas.) was set up a runway and COOKING - CLEANING AREAS FOR SANITATION. Civil Engineers did this in all branches including in the Air NG Fighter Wing which he was in. He had a NON .gov job too.
EDITED: Fighter not fighting wing. TYPO!
WHY did they set up tents or temporary buildings and so forth for keeping clean? Showers, etc. To keep the troops clean. Kitchen areas for the cooks and to keep food preparation clean. They did not set up outhouses next to a cooking area either.
Another point. Staying home from work or school or from a crowded, closed up place if you are very ILL makes sense because you do not contaminate other people. MOST people knew that even when they were little - it was ingrained in them.
I do not think that it is the END OF THE WORLD but I do think that cleanliness is a good thing. I think that if you are very ILL and contagious with any disease, horrific cold or flu that you should stay away from other people until you get better. I am not talking about a sniffle either.
OCD? Really?! Being afraid to go out? Really?!
So the first points of cleanliness and staying home if you are sick or not being around SICK PEOPLE make no sense to you?
We still go OUT. Another thread here about the WA governor.
We are living our lives.
But if my husband gets sick - he will stay home. Me too.
We are not into crowds, don't go to bars, games, etc. but we do go out.
He goes out for his exercise and walks 6 to 7 days a week.
A close friend of his was sick for a week or so with a horrific cold a week ago. His friend stayed home and did not swim, use the gym or walk with my husband. He did not want to contaminate OTHER PEOPLE which makes sense even if that man is in his early 70's.
I guess that I must be rambling here. Excuse me.
I just do not understand WHY people laugh at people who keep clean and don't contaminate other people with their sickness or cough/sneeze all over them and actually cover their mouths IF they do cough or sneeze.
Disclaimer: My late Mom was very well known in the public health field in NY and in MD. Johns-Hopkins in MD and in other positions until her death. I remember those times. I or my family moved to MD for her new job in 1951 and I was one year old.
Take care.
Cate
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