seaexplore
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Post by seaexplore on Jan 12, 2019 4:34:09 GMT
Soap and water. Everything else is going to destroy the good bacteria.
I am a teacher and I am NEVER sick enough to need a sub. I get a runny nose, scratchy throat, etc.... but never enough to miss work!
I think people OVER sanitize their environments and that causes them to actually get sick more.
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Post by cmhs on Jan 12, 2019 12:33:10 GMT
A health care professional once told me to Lysol the hell out of everything! Her exact words. Yes, I know someone that does that along with Clorox. That family is always sick! I have never Lysol'd or Clorox'd. We can't use either because of our parrots. I have not been sick in well over 1+ years. Same with hubby and my girls. And I can't remember when we have had the stomach bug and have never had the flu. We just do everything I mentioned above as well as drinking water all day long, etc. I didn't follow her advice and don't own a can of Lysol or Clorox wipes, I just thought it was funny that she said it. I stick with frequent hand washing and I rarely get sick.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jan 12, 2019 13:03:01 GMT
keep your hands off your face and out of eyes and nose unless you've just washed. Do not rely on sanitizing wipes or gels to do the job of hand washing. It doesn't.
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Post by bearmom on Jan 12, 2019 13:33:54 GMT
FYI - most hand sanitizers do not work on killing norovirus (the main virus for stomach bug). Hand washing is best.
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Post by craftedbys on Jan 12, 2019 15:59:43 GMT
Don't forget to clean the car: door handles (inside and out), steering wheel, buttons, seats, etc.
I also read that winter break was a good time to clean and sanitize backpacks and lunchboxes. Maybe don't send lunch in reusable containers for a bit.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2019 16:22:20 GMT
The stomach flu, which is not a flu, can be caused by one of several different viruses, not just the norovirus. I think the primary difference is that with the norovirus, it can kick in within hours and only bleach can kill it. With the stomach flu, your best bet is good hand washing and staying away or wearing a mask around infected people. However, the norovirus is highly contagious and if someone in your family has it, I’d try and keep that person limited to only certain parts of your home so that you limit exposure. It closed down our school and 5 of us ended up catching it. It hit us within hours after students at school started exhibiting symptoms.
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peaname
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Post by peaname on Jan 12, 2019 16:22:52 GMT
Clean your phone
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2019 21:24:03 GMT
this hand sanitizer claims to kill norovirus and even c dif. on amazon...
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Post by kels99 on Jan 12, 2019 22:13:13 GMT
I've heard that Wet Ones brand anti-bac wipes are the only ones that kill norovirus and other stomach bugs. I don't know if that's true or not, but that's what I use when I'm trying to 'de-germ' our house.
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Peamac
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Post by Peamac on Jan 12, 2019 22:31:27 GMT
DH and I take cow colostrum every day. It's been proven to be 3 times more effective at preventing the flu than getting the flu shot is. It's also helped our allergies (hayfever, seasonal, etc), and DH hasn't had an ear infection or sinus infection in three years! Here's a link!
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peaname
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Post by peaname on Jan 12, 2019 23:20:01 GMT
this hand sanitizer claims to kill norovirus and even c dif. on amazon... I wouldn’t want something strong enough to kill the C Dif spores on my hands!
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zella
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Post by zella on Jan 12, 2019 23:32:55 GMT
Lots of good advice here. I did my nursing thesis on this exact issue, so here are my thoughts.
Hand washing or sanitizing. A lot. Avoid eating outside the house until the bug has finished its run through town. Don't share any eating or drinking implements. If you have to clean up any vomit or diarrhea, use a MASK, disposable gloves, and chlorox solution (chlorox in water 1:10 ratio). Only use paper towels or cloths and dispose of everything immediately. Clean from the outside towards the spill, not from the spill outwards. You can use the same chlorox solution on all surfaces, including door knobs, phones, car steering wheels etc. If you have been ill, do NOT prepare any food for anyone else for 48-72 hours after your LAST symptom (yes, that includes diarrhea). Have masks, gloves and bleach already at your house. For any sick person: do not go anywhere until 48-72 hours after your last symptom. Yes, this means you may miss 3-5 days of work or school. But if everyone did this we'd have far fewer epidemics. Norovirus, specifically, can be transmitted through the air in droplets, but not from sneezing or coughing, but rather from diarrhea or vomit, which is why you need to use a mask when cleaning. Know too that you shed virus in your stool for weeks even though you're not symptomatic, so keep up the bleaching and using the mask, gloves and bleach for a month to be really sure all is good.
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Post by freecharlie on Jan 13, 2019 0:08:39 GMT
As parents, I’d be providing individual water bottles for the game. For football, our managers were in charge of the water bottles and no kid ever touched one. They would just squirt water into the player’s mouth. Our managers just hand the players the bottles. They squirt them into their mouths but still, there's gotta be some back spray or accidental bumping on the lips and stuff, right? yeah, my kid (and all the others) dribbles the ball everybody else has touched and then licks his hand to wipen his basketball shoes during the game...sometimes multiple times. The water bottle is the least of my worries.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2019 0:47:26 GMT
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johnnysmom
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Post by johnnysmom on Jan 13, 2019 0:59:48 GMT
Our managers just hand the players the bottles. They squirt them into their mouths but still, there's gotta be some back spray or accidental bumping on the lips and stuff, right? yeah, my kid (and all the others) dribbles the ball everybody else has touched and then licks his hand to wipen his basketball shoes during the game...sometimes multiple times. The water bottle is the least of my worries. True. Fortunately I haven't seen them lick/wipe this year since they finally got some of those sticky mats. Anyhow, today we had to visit the ER because dh cut his hand so I figure we're bound to have caught something from somewhere anyhow, we're just ticking time bombs of random illness in this house
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Post by freecharlie on Jan 13, 2019 1:07:00 GMT
yeah, my kid (and all the others) dribbles the ball everybody else has touched and then licks his hand to wipen his basketball shoes during the game...sometimes multiple times. The water bottle is the least of my worries. True. Fortunately I haven't seen them lick/wipe this year since they finally got some of those sticky mats. Anyhow, today we had to visit the ER because dh cut his hand so I figure we're bound to have caught something from somewhere anyhow, we're just ticking time bombs of random illness in this house Ours still do it. DS says when they are on the court for 8 minutes at a time, the stickiness wears off. I see them do mainly when they are shooting free throws.
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