Handsfree Dispenser

    When using public restroom facilities, school lavatories, or restrooms that are frequented by other people, one wants to feel safe and secure about avoiding germs.  Some of those germs can cause disease, serious at times. So let’s assume that automatic, touchless devices are available for the toilet flusher, soap dispenser, faucet, and towel dispenser. Handwashing is complete, so what now?  One must exit the restroom, preferably without having to touch the door handle.  This is possible with the patented Sanitary Door Opener which allows the door to be pulled open with the forearm. A great solution to the “sanitary exit”.

       The Swine Flu scare, which I fell for, reminds me of the Avian Flu scare back in 2006. Then the Congress was goaded into passing $7.1 billion dollars in order to prepare for the possible bird flu pandemic. The projected figure of 200,000 Americans dying hyped up the hysteria. One billion dollars of that money was spent on Tamiflu and its distribution. That doomsday never transpired. And now the World Health Organization wants to “save” billions of people by spending billions of American hard-earned tax dollars to develope a vaccine that they admit is a mystery to science, and also for Tamiflu
  Back in 2006, Dr. Joseph Mercola warned that the drug Tamiflu was worthless, and does not treat the avian flu. It can “possibly” decrease the amount of days that one is sick, but worse, it can actually contribute to the virus having more lethal mutations. Tamiflu is banned in Japan because it can actually kill people. Even the FDA, after a review of 600 cases of neuropsychiatric events reported by patients on Tamiflu, and 115 cases of neuropsychiatric events reported by patients on Relenza a drug in the same class as Tamiflu. has said that the Tamiflu label should include a warning about these behaviors. In some cases these behaviors have resulted in serious injuries in adult and pediatric patients including death. “The FDA staff said Relenza, a drug in the same class as Tamiflu, should have a warning label of “reports of hallucinations, delirium, and abnormal behavior” observed in some patients taking the drug. We all know how much politicians love Big Pharma. Need I say more?

I Love Sneezes

        Children especially need to be trained to sneeze or cough into the elbow, but adults are just as guilty of spraying the air or their hands  with their germs instead of aiming for the elbow.  The elbow, after all, does not touch things.  Hands touch things so when one contaminates the hands with a cough or sneeze one spreads those germs on everything that gets touched.  That is one important way that flus and colds are spread among the population. Touching the face, nose, or mouth with a germy hand is a sure way to get sick. Since children tend to forget about these matters, having hand wipes available in child care centers and schools can be preventive. Adults make it a reflex action to use the elbow and not the hands.

    We in the Dental profession have used disinfectant wipes for years now. They are very effective against harmful germs.  I recommend having them available in the home as well as schools, child care centers, assisted living facilities and all sorts of workplaces.

    This is especially true now that we are watching the course of the Swine Flu, HINI.  Simply using the disinfectant wipes can go a long way in preventing the illness.  Common germy areas are doorknobs, phones, cell phones,  keys, steering wheels, TV remotes, keyboards, shopping carts, and hands.  Wash the hands or use hand sanitizer but wipe the germs away on the other objects and wipe away the flu.

     The Swine Flu, HINI, has caused quite a stir with the public.  There is no need to panic. The CDC says that handwashing and hand sanitizers are important measures to take to prevent the spread of the disease. Eating pork that has been cooked to reach 160 degrees is safe to eat. Disinfecting objects is advised.  Staying home when displaying symptoms is greatly stressed. Unnecessary travel ought to be postponed.  One important way that the flu is transmitted is by respiratory means, whether it is by breathing the virus or by touching the nose with contaminated hands. This is where a face mask can be worn to protect against the sneezes and coughs of a sick person.  The N-95 mask is a respiratory device and is the recommended type to use.