Comments on: Just wash your hands! http://midnightferret.com/2009/05/04/just-wash-your-hands/ .: Don't go in the water! :. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:18:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Newton the Koala http://midnightferret.com/2009/05/04/just-wash-your-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-4598 Newton the Koala Tue, 05 May 2009 17:43:00 +0000 http://midnightferret.com/?p=132#comment-4598 My father has a sign in his office that reads: <blockquote>I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize what you heard is not what I meant.</blockquote> Don't totally wig out. Got it. :) My father has a sign in his office that reads:

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize what you heard is not what I meant.

Don’t totally wig out.
Got it.
:)

]]> By: midnightferret http://midnightferret.com/2009/05/04/just-wash-your-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-4597 midnightferret Tue, 05 May 2009 17:28:46 +0000 http://midnightferret.com/?p=132#comment-4597 I see your point, but I must point out that my post wasn't an argument, it was a rant. :) Therefore, its so-called cogency isn't relevant, as most rants are illogical. Illogical, I tell you! Also, true the nature of the virus is cause for concern, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it will be fatal in those young healthy people. I never meant to imply that younger people couldn't get the virus. I only meant to say that I thought that even though anyone can get sick, and it's kind of scary, people shouldn't totally wig out. It just makes things worse. I mean, don't wait until you are in respiratory distress and your lips are blue to seek medical attention, since by that point you've got a relatively low chance of survival. Still, unless you get a rapid spike of or moderate level of fever, can't hold water down, or go into respiratory distress, don't think you are going to die at any second. Or, in the lingo of today's youth: I was just sayin'! :) I see your point, but I must point out that my post wasn’t an argument, it was a rant. :) Therefore, its so-called cogency isn’t relevant, as most rants are illogical. Illogical, I tell you!

Also, true the nature of the virus is cause for concern, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that it will be fatal in those young healthy people. I never meant to imply that younger people couldn’t get the virus. I only meant to say that I thought that even though anyone can get sick, and it’s kind of scary, people shouldn’t totally wig out. It just makes things worse.

I mean, don’t wait until you are in respiratory distress and your lips are blue to seek medical attention, since by that point you’ve got a relatively low chance of survival. Still, unless you get a rapid spike of or moderate level of fever, can’t hold water down, or go into respiratory distress, don’t think you are going to die at any second. Or, in the lingo of today’s youth: I was just sayin’! :)

]]> By: Newton the Koala http://midnightferret.com/2009/05/04/just-wash-your-hands/comment-page-1/#comment-4596 Newton the Koala Tue, 05 May 2009 16:22:13 +0000 http://midnightferret.com/?p=132#comment-4596 At the risk of being one of those "otherwise intelligent people", your argument is cogent, but for one fact that is not. This virus has struck young, healthy folk disproportionately. That is a hallmark of the Spanish Flu and SARS. This in conjunction with its unprecedented genetic makeup is the real reason there is so much official attention. One reference for this would be: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/health/05well.html (please forgive the last paragraph) I return you to your regularly scheduled common sense ... ;) NtK At the risk of being one of those “otherwise intelligent people”,
your argument is cogent, but for one fact that is not.

This virus has struck young, healthy folk disproportionately.
That is a hallmark of the Spanish Flu and SARS.

This in conjunction with its unprecedented genetic makeup
is the real reason there is so much official attention.

One reference for this would be: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/health/05well.html
(please forgive the last paragraph)

I return you to your regularly scheduled common sense … ;)

NtK

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