Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad Mine too. But I also wash my hands obsessively. Nikki has double exposure though. First she is around kids all day, then she goes to WDW and is in crowds all day. At least she didn't get sick until after her trip.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey I go through hand sanitizer like nobody's business. I have a suspected nose-picker in my class, so anytime I touch a door handle or anytime I get ready to eat something, the sanitizer comes out!
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad The first day of class each year I take in a giant bottle of hand sanitizer to each teacher my child has plus put one in their lunch each day ( small bottle).
Originally Posted By dshyates Apparently there is some sort of bug running around Florida. Here is a thread from over at Orlando United: <a href="http://www.orlandounited.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1974&highlight=virus" target="_blank">http://www.orlandounited.com/f...ht=virus</a>
Originally Posted By brerroadrunner <<<I go through hand sanitizer like nobody's business. I have a suspected nose-picker in my class, so anytime I touch a door handle or anytime I get ready to eat something, the sanitizer comes out!>>> Oh My!! Aren't they all nose-pickers? What grade do you teach?
Originally Posted By brerroadrunner After watching other children in lines and seeing where they put their hands and then touch all the railings and doors and EVERYTHING. I have carried hand sanitizer to WDW for years now and use it quite frequently. I am very careful about holding onto railings etc and have made my own children aware. Not OCD, but after seeing where some of those hands have been.... Nothing like being sick with a bug on vacation.
Originally Posted By dshyates I just build up my immunity system by licking all the hand rails in the queues.
Originally Posted By -em >>Apparently there is some sort of bug running around Florida. << I dont know whats going around but its hit my dept pretty bad several times
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey I teach 5th, brerroadrunner. The bug I caught was apparently going around school before Mardi Gras break, even though I didn't find out about it until this week. None of my kids are sick as of yet.
Originally Posted By NikkiLOVESMickey Too late! I'm completely healthy now! I wouldn't even let them hug me when I tried to go back to work last Wednesday (and was sent home because I looked horrible).
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad <<<I just build up my immunity system by licking all the hand rails in the queues>>> That's just gross. LOL