current worldwide event:
the swine flue a.k.a. H1N1 Influenza A
Everyone knows about the big Swine Flu outbreak going on right now, and I’d like to give everyone a public service announcement about it. In the United States, nearly 100 have been sickened in 11 states. but the main place it has hit is Mexico. there have been about4000 suspected. Here are some little known facts
- Swine flu cannot be spread by eating pork products as long as they’re well cooked. The heat of the cooking destroys any possible bacteria. so dont be afraid to eat pork. its ok.
- Egypt has already ordered the slaughtering of all pigs in the country. That’s about 350,000 pigs! Thats crazy, which has aske people to not refer to it as the swine flu
- A very easy way of keeping yourself safe is simply washing your hands or carrying around hand sanitizer. The flu is mainly spread by one person touching something containing the bacteria, then touching their mouth, nose, or someone else.
- If you’ve been touching or have been open to any pigs, make sure to wash your hands before doing anything else. Try to wash every time you’re in a restroom (hopefully we all already do).
- Take time in washing your hands. To correctly wash, make sure to get the backs of the hands, under the nails, and in between the fingers. A proper hand wash should last 2 minutes, about the time it takes to sing the alphabet twice. but if you are in a hurry a 20 second hand washing will not hurt
save yourself by doing these steps. and helping it not spread this is serous. it could kill us all!!!!!!
