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   The_JAM said, 5 months ago

   Use ethyl alcohol. That’s the active ingredient in all those “sanitizers” anyway….

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   IncredibleWerekitty said, 5 months ago

   Yeah, but those things don’t dry out your skin as quickly.

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   The_JAM said, 5 months ago

   Maybe…

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   WillardMBaker said, 5 months ago

   Hand sanitizers are actually a new use found for napalm. Class C fire hazard big time!

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   Wenthral said, 5 months ago

   Tried setting some on fire at work once. WillardMBaker is right, the stuff burn pretty bleeep good.

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   prasrinivara said, 5 months ago

   Which form, the_JAM? Vodka, whisky, schnapps…or…?

   Edit: I guess for Americans I’m supposed to suggest Bourbon! ;)

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   Macushlalondra said, 5 months ago

   It may be too late for the hand sanitizer. Now it spreads to Val’s office.

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   RinaFarina said, 5 months ago

   Aren’t they going to call it swine flu at some point? I guess they can’t, tho: vomiting is not a symptom as far as I know.

   Still, that would make the strip very topical!

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   Ash said, 5 months ago

   How do they know it’s stomach flu? No one saw a doctor.

   @The_JAM: you would be hard pressed to find Ethyl alcohol in the drugstore anymore.

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    MJR12 said, 5 months ago

    Ethyl alcohol is readily available at your local liquor store, outlet or convenience store in many different forms.

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    aerwalt said, 5 months ago

    Alcohol, whether Ethyl or Isoprpyl, Must be 70% to meet USP standard to be useful as a disinfectant or sanitizer.
    I’ve seen 50% alcohol for sale in discount stores. This stuff is useless as a sanitizer. I’ve also noted that these products don’t claim to be USP grade.
    Possiblly a federal offense if they do.

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    Shikamoo said, 5 months ago

    Thanks Joy. But “intestinal flu” or whatever does seem to spread easily in an office or at home. I suspect the culprit is drinking glasses or utensils.

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    Tabby Lynn said, 5 months ago

    Joy and this is why we love you, not afraid to fix a wrong. lol thanks for the info.

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    Tabby Lynn said, 5 months ago

    joy in my opinion you are not old. how bad was it? sorry to here that, I sat in the Emergency room for 4 hours when i hurt my ankles. took another hour to get my x rays. maybe i should have been throwing up and it would have went faster. lol

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    harebell said, 5 months ago

    Too right tabbylynn, I’ve been there a couple times myself. Those big hospitals are so overwhelmed they can’t begin to deal with the traffic. The most extreme (a true news story many here probably also saw) was the woman who died in the emergency room and staff were walking right past without checking why she was on the floor .

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    Dry said, 5 months ago

    harebell, no I didn’t hear that but it doesn’t surprise me!

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    Dry said, 5 months ago

    Actually intestional viruses could pass at work very easily. Think about it, people blow their nose, touch a common area doorknob or something else, really disgusting people would use the rest room , then not wash their hands and touch something, etc. and then you, me whoever, rub our eyes, bite our nails, whatever, in goes the germs .

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    Tabby Lynn said, 5 months ago

    dry you are making me feel even sicker right now. lol its true and gross.

    harebell i heard that.. its sad. people dont care. i could have had two broken ankles Thank God they were just really sprained but i was in so much pain i was crying. there were babies in there with a fever of 105 and the doc and nurse not doing anything. i get back there and they are pumping a girls stomach who tried to kill her self.. (knew her funny who you run into at the hospital) its just sad.

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    prasrinivara said, 5 months ago

    Best weapon to use at the office as defence–Lysol towelettes!

    (I have several packs of these in my desk)

    Another is restrictions (such as restricting only certain logins to use a certain computer–as happens in a way where I work, the machines are card activated and only recognise restricted set of such cards), though this is much less effective than the towelettes.

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    RinaFarina said, 5 months ago

    @Harebell, I hate to tell you, but the same thing happened here in a doctor’s crowded waiting room. It got written up in the newspapers, that’s why I know it really happened. (Who would make up such a story?)

    But it’s not the same as yours, because it was a man who died, not a woman, and I don’t think he fell to the floor but was just sort of leaning over in his chair.

    And the medical personnel passing by just ignored it.

    When you want to feel depressed, just think of stories like this…

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    Kim0158 said, 5 months ago

    Oh, I get so tired of gastrointestinal infections being called “stomach flu.” Flu is influenza, which is an upper respiratory infection.