Lord_Griff wrote:I dunno what is going on but over the last two or three months I appears to have been perpetually ill. Chest infection, tonsillitis, cold, and now another cold! I don't feel run down, I haven't been out all that much, been using hand sanitizer religiously. The only thing I think it could be is: (i) A few hospital visits to see a sick relative or (ii) Having a baby in the house (can they act as incubators of viruses etc etc?)
Lord_Griff wrote:I dunno what is going on but over the last two or three months I appears to have been perpetually ill. Chest infection, tonsillitis, cold, and now another cold! I don't feel run down, I haven't been out all that much, been using hand sanitizer religiously. The only thing I think it could be is: (i) A few hospital visits to see a sick relative or (ii) Having a baby in the house (can they act as incubators of viruses etc etc?)
Roujin wrote:I dunno what is going on but over the last two or three months I appears to have All of the obsession over the last 20-30 years for chemically sanitising everything in your house so there are no germs left is why kids these days have terrible allergies and respiratory problems. There is nothing for their immune system to fight when they are babies and spend 90% of their time indoors.
Roujin wrote:Nothing personal, but I fucking hate it when people with kids ask me if I have kids and then make an obvious point or glaring observation about raising kids. I have no kids, I have a fucking awesome grasp of the sciences though, so I think I can hold my own against real parents when talking about babies, germs and the current lack thereof in modern households and a correlating rise in allergies and respiratory conditions in youngsters.
Roujin wrote:No, wasn't personal, that is my stock level of vitriol reserved for all parents making that comment. I'm an equal opportunities grump. Please don't follow me out of the thread and beat me up.
Lord_Griff wrote:Ex elm, you're a massive cunt.
Skerret wrote:I think Griff is making a 'joke'.
igorgetmeabrain wrote:Combat pilots learn to override (or don't have in the first place) a sneeze-reflex (e.g. when squinting into bright light). Confirm or deny, Elm?
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