"Poppy's a little sloppy"

Every Thursday I leave my epidemiology class frightened of catching some horrible disease and dying miserably. Thank you Dr. Smith. Each week we are taught of these awful diseases and how as easy as walking out to your mailbox can expose you to a mosquito bite that can give you the West Nile Virus, which may or may not kill you.

Now let me clarify, I have never been a very paranoid kind of a person. I have only been to the doctor on two occasions in the past 6 or 8 years; and I am the one my friend calls when she has a dot on her arm and thinks it may be AIDS and I politely let her know she is insane, (you know I love ya). However, since I have begun this course I am beginning to understand where she is coming from. It may have to do with the hypnotizing affect of Brad Pitt’s narrative voice, (for some reason he narrates every devastating documentary that we watch every week). But without fail every Thursday, Travis, bless his heart, has put up with endless lectures about hand washing, flu shots (which it's still not too late to get if you haven’t already), mosquito repellent, “peel it, cook it, boil it, or forget it”, vaccines, vaccines, vaccines, and benefits of living in a sanitized bubble, etc. Whether it is about the flu, “I had a little bird its name was Enza, I opened the window and in-flu-Enza”, Cholera and the Broad Street water pump, the “clap”, the nasty worms that lay dormant inside your intestinal tract and will only come out at night, or those lovely food-borne illnesses that make me nervous to eat those delicious Reece’s peanut butter eggs this Easter, point being… this class is effective! Never have I thought I would really worry about things like this, but I may never be able to enjoy another delicious runny egg over wheat toast because of our salmonella lecture today. The whole Reece’s peanut butter egg thing though… I don’t think I can do without.

Anyhow, I bring this up because today in class we watched a video on the proper way to cough or sneeze. It made me laugh and if you have the extra five minutes it may be helpful to you too! So here is the link that will pull it up, (I’m not sure how to add videos on here yet) and don’t forget to wash your hands, no one want's to be like sloppy Poppy.

http://www.coughsafe.com/media.html