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[angeljapan]

Japan's List of What To Do Now That the Flu Has Reached Japan

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[golden_meliades]

Masks are really only good if the person who is SICK is wearing them, because sneezes and coughs spray particles everywhere and it's not just breathing them in that can make you sick...getting it in your eyes will, too. So you'd have to wear a mask AND goggles to actually protect from airborne viruses. (Not the best fashion statement, eh?)

My worry about the flu is non-existent, though. I have an immune system that eats viruses alive. Heck, it ate ME alive and that's why I have MS, lol. Besides, there are very few cases in Canada and only one of them was considered anything worse than mild, so it just seems like any other flu, to me.

[angeljapan]

Through the eyes?! I didn't know that!

[golden_meliades]

The eyes and nose are connected. For example, some people can make milk (etc) squirt out their eyes...that's because they're connected. That's why your nose runs when you cry (well, sometimes, for some people...you tend to get a slightly runny nose when you cry). And the eyes have a mucus membrane in there...so they can contract any airborne germs that the nose can contract. So yeah...actually it was on the news about the swine flu, too...they actually suggest people NOT wear masks, here, because they say it promotes a sense of panic (as a society) and a false sense of security in individuals who DO wear them, as they almost never protect their eyes. It does reduce the chance a bit, of course, but not effective enough to bother. That's the stance here, anyway. (And the eye stuff is true. :) )

[angeljapan]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Poor deluded Japan! I'm sorry, that sounds mean, but seriously, they think if you wear a mask you're superman. Despite the report I remember on the morning news a while back that showed that the BEST mask in a series of tests was only 64% affective of keeping things out and in.