Latex has many uses, you know...

In many Asian countries, people regularly wear face masks and avoid touching each other as much as possible to be polite, and keep disease down. If you are sick, wear a mask and if you are afraid of getting something, wear a mask.

I have seen, but not used, those traveler's air purifiers. I read in the propoganda that goes along with them that they kill bacteria and virii. Perhaps carrying one of those would help.

DO NOT overdose on vitamin C or echinasia(sic). If you take too much C, in any form, you run the risk of creating mineral deposits in your kidneys(kidney stones) or gout. Echinasia works to kick up your immune system, but after about 2 weeks your body gets used to it and ignores it. Use only in major doses for three(3) to five(5) days at a time and let it wash out of your system for about a week before using any more.

Remember, folks, 1% is nothing - percentage wise, the Black Plague generally took 1 in 4 people in the countryside and 1 in 3 in the cities each year between 1347 to 1351, such as Venice where the population went from almost 1 million to less than 200,000 in a year and a half. Many of those were not directly from the plague but rather from starvation and exposure to cold when the winter came without enough lower class people to scavenge for fuel. It did hit all levels, but the poorer you were, just like today, the less likely you were to survive when it came to your area.

I am sure that 1% of the population dies from a form of pox every year, and yet we hardly hear about that. Probably because it would be embarasing to die from something the CDC has said we don't have any more.

I do not want to be one of the people who succumbs to disease, but there are things you can do to help keep it at bay.

We are a bit over populated, anyway. IMHO.

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