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Uh... So how has everyone been feeling? I've been feeling terrible since Saturday myself and I'm hoping that it is NOT because of PAX but then again, you never know what with Jane McGonigal having us touch each other.
Either that or I've killed you all since I was contagious and didn't know it.
Either that or I've killed you all since I was contagious and didn't know it.
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The smell of cleansing gel wafted through the main theatre moments later. Wow, we really learn...
Same here - if my students don't get me sick, PAX can't.
I knew of the possibility of getting sick at PAX but I didn't bother bringing and Purell. I knew they would have plenty on hand at the event. Between the stand alone stations, the dispensers in the bathrooms, just about every booth having some, other people bringing some and Morgan Webb there was plenty to go around :-)
EDIT: I lied, I am sick. Starting off with a sore throat, so I'm drinking tons of everything with Vitamin C and taking day/nyquil.
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Aside from that I'm fine.
Legal Sea Foods will do that to ya. I've never had a good experience there.
Edit: I'll be fine with a good night's sleep, so not bad at all.
On a joking note though, I wonder if pax will be one of the reasons why super germs are going to keep evolving. lol
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I use purell all the time, as I'm an EMT. I encourage the use of it in my daily life though, so most people I know use it at least occasionally. Washing hands is just as fine, but I keep a bottle of purell in my car and keep some with me anywhere I'm not going to have a lot of access to soap and water.
Super germs evolve when you have antibiotics used all the time. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers use lysis to kill germs, which isn't really something a germ can become immune to. I know you were joking, but there you have it.
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I have bottles because it's convenient if I want to eat food and can't wash my hands, but usually just stick with soap...
I said it because there is still a debate over it.
If it causes an lysis on the cell walls of bacteria then that would only prove only the strong germs will survive at the end. Now I know most brands say they kill up to 99.99% of germs.
Would that mean if there was to say only a million germs on your hand when you used it.
That would mean there would still be close 100 germs that survived.
EDIT: Please note: I'm not an expert on this matter. :F
Whats the real difference in using antibiotics and hand santizers? Do they both kill germs through lysis?
I'm not against hand santizers at all or soap. I use both and used both during the convention. I just don't use hand sanitizers on a daily basis like I would soap.
Sorry didn't want to get into a debate and I knew I shouldn't of made the joke. -.-
Stuff like soap works in exactly the same way as rubbing alcohol. But rubbing alcohol evaporates pretty quickly and you don't need to rinse.
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Well, and PPD (Post-PAX-um Depression).
We have lived quite a few years without Purell. With the constant use of Purell your killing the good bacteria that is esential. Your also not gonna build any immunities to bacterias if you never have contact with them. This is also causing those germs to evolve so they can defend themselves agains Purell which changes them making them immune to anti-biotics and other medicines.
I typically get one cold a year and I got that about 5 weeks ago. And thats WITHOUT daily and constant use of Purell
The big problem was on Friday. I had finished the Munchkin tournament and took a break before starting to demo again to eat my homemade sandwiches. Got a bad reaction to pb&j, which simply should not have happened.
Whatever it was, though, it was gone on Saturday and Sunday.
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I agree with most of this, I don't use purell, I do wash my hands when needed thats about it. I get sick maybe once a year, if that, and I attribute this to a strong immune system, built up over many years. I am feeling fine, a little sore thats it.
Point is, I only washed my hands after using the bathroom and never used hand sanitizer at all. I even hugged Tim Schafer moments before he started puking and had no ill effects. Maybe I'm just a carrier and infected the greatest game designer/writer to have ever lived...
Great, now I feel bad.
I think illnesses post-PAX are basically in-line with what you expect for an international group spending 3 days in close proximity with poor nutrition and sleep regimes. In the past I think they've been worse because there's a lot more items that go through a lot of hands (dice, controllers, etc.), but are now nothing unusual.
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