I just want to look at a simple piece of advice that could have a dramatic impact.
So small infact that it may spread just by word of mouth quite far.
“Wash your hands twice. Wash your hands- and then wash your hands again.”
It could become ingrained into the psyche of a lot of people because the advantage of it is, it is such a small packet of information(memorable-it doesn’t even have to be in verse).
I don’t always- but sometimes I do find myself washing my hands twice. Now why would that be…..don’t answer that!
Just that informational-flow-on-effect should wake us all up and think,”…well if I’m gonna wash my hands twice I might as well learn to keep my distance as well”. Yadda yadda yadda. “I might even read the paper a bit more and..ah..keep an eye on things.”{Don’t I just think I’m Eddy Murphie).
Thats the plan.
Waddya reckon!?!
Comments please.
(I got the idea from that Canada thing)
Fella’s…fella’s………………………..fella’s.(alright)
Ladies-wouldn’t it have some merit?
Now, Blue, I guess if you could get the people who don’t now to at least wash their hands once it would be a start.
;-)
Reminders to not touch your face without washing or using hand sanitizer gel first, might help too.
Those ads that show what’s usually invisible (viruses, ect, shown scary green or so) getting passed along and spread all over make some people think.
I know tptb are planning more campaigns to schools, ect, about covering coughs, washing hands, staying away when sick, ect, just not sure they are being clear it could be the only measures the public has to keep from getting sick when medical care may not be available.
Wash your hands, but also they need to hear, Go stock up for disruptions. And don’t touch your face in the stores; sanitize your hands after you get out.
Should have added, Don’t touch your face while on public transport, at work, ect, without cleaning hands first. Cough in your elbow, ect.
Is hard to get people to change habits, but leading by example, and, mentioning all this more often, might start to change things a bit. (Mention, Clean your Keyboards, too!)
Yeh, but this could all could be mentioned in general conversation…after the general conversation is started with,”Oh and they think everybody should start washing their hands twice. Not once but twice.”
This would be like a little trivial tidbit that so many(if not all) start conversations with.
-a conversation starter if you will-
But, thanks for your input(its very valid[the most infact], ‘cos it got the ball rolling)…that’s the aim of the game!!
~8-o’////
O.K. Still trying to prove my worth.
It’s so elemental, and therefore grabs the attention to the detail of “twice”.
It would be like..
“Yeh..I remember something about washing my hands and covering my mouth with my elbow(good one); !Hey!: what’s this Honky boy on about_wash my hands twice. Twice, I wash ‘em good the first time…Don’t need no home-boy tellin’ me how to wash my hands…course I wash my hands.”
But it would stick, because it is so elemental and almost alarming that-“Hey, maybe that is quite a problem, leading to the bigger problem. Yeh- I might just take his advice. Hey man guess what…” and then he tells his friends and children the simple advice that leads to an overall level of hightened alertness in the community. Bingo.
(Its all about, as the psychologist would say, “Firing Neurons”.)
Hi, AnnieB.
“I look upon thee as a new form of HABIT.”
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