"That woman just sneezed into my beer!"

Gross, I know, but as we were walking towards Canada three days ago aman turned to me and said just that! I think he was so shocked he didn't know what to do or say. Then he said, "Well maybe the alcohol will kill the germs!"

To which I said, "I don't know, there's a lot of stuff going around."

To which his wife said, "Get rid of it right now!"

I even offered to buy him a beer after he reluctantly did that.

A lot of people sneezing, coughing, one little girl getting sick in WL walkway.

This is the time to be as sanitary as possible!

I'm confused - were you the woman that sneezed in his beer? Is that why you offered to buy him a new one?

Given that in the vast majority of people that illness is a cold with a rash, probably not anything to worry about. (but if it is and the guy gets it, then he has the bonus of bonafide lifelong immunity from it, along with a host of other generalized protections that no one talks about anymore but used to be general knowledge)

:)

Can you please outline these other "generalized protections"? I've never heard of that and would be really interested to read about it.
 
I hate seeing people sneezing or coughing near food or drinks, and worse if they dont cover their nose or mouth. And not washing your hands after using the bathroom is definitely gross. :(
 
i am convinced that all these sicknesses being blamed on wdw and the cruise lines are from the petri dishes half of the people flew in on.
you fly in a large tin can trapped breathing the same air as the couple of people thinking ,its only a little cough or i have only puked once or twice.
then you get to your destination,get sick and blame it on disney.
 
my son just did a science project about the effectiveness of hand sanitizer.....lets just say...go back and wash your hands !!!

I'll bet that was interesting!

Dr Oz did a segment on how many germs are spread when using the Hand Drying machines - gross indeed!

and many people are in such a hurry they don't wash their hands with soap near long enough! I was surprised at how many steps one should take.... 1. paper towel - let some paper towel down, 2. turn on water, hotter the better, get hands wet 3. soap up, 4. sing Happy Birthday song twice, get those fingernails and wrists soapy too. 5. rinse, let water run 6 grab the towels you dispensed, dry and turn off the water 7. use paper towel to get out of the bathroom...

then you can't touch anything until the next time you wash!

I will say that the EmergenC packets are helpful for us, we take them a week before our trip....
 

I hate seeing people sneezing or coughing near food or drinks, and worse if they dont cover their nose or mouth. And not washing your hands after using the bathroom is definitely gross. :(

That's why I can no longer eat at Chef Mickey's, oh I"m sure it happens everywhere, but watching the kids unattended at that buffet, sneezing, ::Shiver::
 
Oh, and my guess is the seatbelts and tray tables on the plane are dirtier than anything in the bathroom, which actually gets cleaned.

This, plus some things that never get mentioned - restaurant menus, chair backs!! We always use sanitizer 'after' looking at the menu. I read about this once on some of the dirtiest things overlooked that most of us do not even think about!

One of the best things is keeping your hands away from your face - harder than it sounds!! So easy to forget, rub your eyes, etc.
 
We got the flu while at Disney. A week's vacation with 4 days spent being miserable in a hotel room with a two year old. Definitely not a fun time. We think we got it at the running Expo (we were there for the marathon weekend) So wash your hands. It ended up paying for us, since my SIL washed her hands like crazy and never caught it - for us precautions came too late. We thought mom had a sniffle, then by the time we figured out it was flu, I got it, and by the time I got the z-pack, my brother had it, and by that time, my brother and my SIL started sleeping in separate beds and washing hands as a precaution. She never got flu. Isolation and hand washing does help.
And sneeze/cough into your elbow, not your hand.
 
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We end up sick after every single Disney trip. We've just decided it's how it is now...despite all our hand washing, purell and careful precautions.
 
I'm confused - were you the woman that sneezed in his beer? Is that why you offered to buy him a new one?



Can you please outline these other "generalized protections"? I've never heard of that and would be really interested to read about it.

Oh no, no, I didn't sneeze into anything or on anyone!
 
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Thanks for the smile tonight! I love this.:goodvibes

I just try and be careful with what I touch and make sure I wash my hands before I eat. I think its smart to carry a small bottle of hand sanitizer to the parks, just in case.
 
At 1900 Park Fare I witnessed a boy about 7,8, 9 in age sneeze right into the mac n cheese that was just brought out. I waited for that mac n cheese too in all it's yummy cheesy-ness. I shoo'ed him away, and guarded it until a CM came by. She asked if it was my kid.... Um, hell no it wasn't my kid, and why does it matter take the dish away.

It grosses me out to see adults sneeze without covering than kids to be honest. We should know better.
 
Given that in the vast majority of people that illness is a cold with a rash, probably not anything to worry about. (but if it is and the guy gets it, then he has the bonus of bonafide lifelong immunity from it, along with a host of other generalized protections that no one talks about anymore but used to be general knowledge)

:)

Well, there's always the three days you're contagious BEFORE you show a rash... And there's the 24 hours or so of early rashiness, before you realize you've got a serious problem on your hands (denial is not just a river in Egypt!). And the general disinclination of guests to let illness interfere with their vacations.

Also, in addition to the "generalized protections" there's also the possibility of sterility, hearing loss, pneumonia, bronchitis and brain inflammation and the guilt of having exposed every child in your vicinity under a year old who can't be vaccinated yet, as well as cancer patients, immunocompromised patients, and anyone else with fragile health. Yay!

Thanks for the reminder - I need to call the pharmacy and find out if they give boosters. I only got the one shot, back in the 70's, so I'm probably not fully immunized. As a tutor, I'd feel like an absolutely cruddy person, if I exposed any of my students (or their pregnant moms or younger siblings) to this disease.

Edit: Aw, I got to give my mom a call and thank her. Turns out I did get my second shot after all! Once in '72, and again (with the live virus) in '83! I should have known, she's a huge proponent of vaccinating kids. And never more so after working in Pakistan for several years and seeing the ravages these "common childhood diseases" can leave behind. What doesn't kill you, sometimes just cripples you.
 
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I guess we're just lucky. I never wash down the room and we don't use hand sanitizer. We wash hands when we go to the bathroom, but that's it. None of us have ever gotten sick except the one time my oldest son got appendicitis toward the end of our trip, that ended in emergency surgery the night we got home! But can't blame that one on WDW!
 
Regular hand sanitizer does not kill norovirus or rotovirus (stomach viruses).

Norovirus is the main reason I do my absolute best to not touch anything in the park bathrooms that isn't on my own person. The bathrooms have the highest concentration of the norovirus virus (spread mostly through feces and vomit). We don't JUST use sanitizer like I mentioned (wash before and after each meal, a couple of times throughout the day for example), but the bathrooms in WDW parks and airports have to be some of the world's largest pitre dishes. You can help fight transmission not only by washing hands, but reducing contact. Gloves in the winter when on rides (handles, etc), not touching mouth/face, etc. But the more contact you have with the virus, the more you probably need to wash your hands. It's not like I am letting my daughter run out of the family restroom and drop her hands into a bag of chips or anything...now THAT is gross. The number of people I see walking from an attraction to a counter service or reaching into their bag for a snack.

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Norovirus is the main reason I do my absolute best to not touch anything in the park bathrooms that isn't on my own person. The bathrooms have the highest concentration of the norovirus virus (spread mostly through feces and vomit). We don't JUST use sanitizer like I mentioned (wash before and after each meal, a couple of times throughout the day for example), but the bathrooms in WDW parks and airports have to be some of the world's largest pitre dishes. You can help fight transmission not only by washing hands, but reducing contact. Gloves in the winter when on rides (handles, etc), not touching mouth/face, etc. But the more contact you have with the virus, the more you probably need to wash your hands. It's not like I am letting my daughter run out of the family restroom and drop her hands into a bag of chips or anything...now THAT is gross. The number of people I see walking from an attraction to a counter service or reaching into their bag for a snack.

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We all caught norovirus once, back when my kids were infants/toddlers. That was beyond awful (I was alone, my husband on a business trip, in a heat wave, no central air, feverish nursing baby, recently trained toddler back in diapers, everyone vomiting, the stink!!!), and I don't wish it on anyone. I think you're very wise to take precautions!
 
None of us have ever gotten sick

Us too. We've been to the infirmary twice in the Magic Kingdom. Once because I broke my toe the week before heading to WDW and my toe nail fell off while in MK (gross I know) and once last December because my daughters eczema was so bad and she was scratching it so much she was bleeding and we needed band-aids.


We all caught norovirus once, back when my kids were infants/toddlers. That was beyond awful (I was alone, my husband on a business trip, in a heat wave, no central air, feverish nursing baby, recently trained toddler back in diapers, everyone vomiting, the stink!!!), and I don't wish it on anyone. I think you're very wise to take precautions!
Yeah, it's terrible for sure. The wife and I had it about 7 years ago when we took a beach vacation down to Destin. I've had two shoulder surgeries and a hip surgery and the first night home after all of them was no comparison to how bad a night was with that virus.
 

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