I am sick, although I am told tonsillitis is not contagious, and am more conscious of disease-spreading behaviors.
On the bus yesterday, a man in front of me was resting with his arm over his eyes. He coughed many times, but at least he didn't spray his own eyes.
In class a student coughed loudly and vigorously in my general direction without covering his mouth. Well, many students do that, but this one had taken a winter course with me an dI knew him fairly well so I teased him and told him, and the class about "Dracula sneezes".
The photo is from the print version of Time. Here is the online version with no picture.
Tuesday night I went to Emerg and was given a needle and two days worth of medicine and told to come back during business hours to see the proper doctor. When I returned, yesterday, after having been coughed on and the like, I also bought alcohol swabs to disinfect my hands when I am away from a fully-equipped bathroom sink (At the university the sinks have cold water, no soap and no towels. Some people use a wad of toilet paper to dry their hands but I worry too much about people later in the day who may need that TP more desperately). The pharmacist who helped me choose the alcohol swabs seemed to roll her eyes a little at why I was buying them as if she thought I was a hypochondriac, but I am tired of being sick.
Actually, as I think about it a little, she rolled her eyes at me the same way I rolled my eyes at a co-worker who would always open push-doors by pushing at the top of the door, not the commonly-used handle. Sorry, Bill.
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