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Durbin-

I just read my comment and forgot to add that my BIL, a physician and a well-traveled man, coats his nose with chapstick before every flight.  He and my sister have come come off many a flight with terrible respiratory illnesses.  (i guess he doesn't follow his own advice!)

Lady Cee

posted by LadyCeeMarie on June 4, 2007 at 2:51 PM | link to this | reply

Durbin-

And the plot thickens with his new FIL a researcher in TB; their both getting tape recordings saying he could not be forbidden from travel . . .  He was playing fast and loose with other people's lives. I say he faces formidable lawsuits, especially if anyone along his travel route becomes infected. My BIL, a doctor himself, always coats the inside of his nose with chapstick and he swears by it.  He said it creates a nasal barrier since viruses take root in your nose.

LadyCeeMarie

posted by LadyCeeMarie on June 4, 2007 at 2:48 PM | link to this | reply

Durbin?

Finally found you again!  Yes, TB is nasty, my uncle had it after the war.  Travelling while ill in airplanes is dreadful, you do pick up bacteria, etc.  Don't know how to get around it though. 

posted by FoliageGold on June 3, 2007 at 7:34 AM | link to this | reply

It's a tough one. But one Mr. Speaker's conduct jeopardises the rights of

so many victims of stigmatised illnesses, to privacy and confidentiality

posted by Straightforward on June 2, 2007 at 6:39 AM | link to this | reply

durbin

It's pretty inconsiderate of someone to travel with an infectious disease when advised not to. Hopefully most of us are vaccinated against TB these days (I still have the scar from the jab).

posted by mneme on June 2, 2007 at 5:01 AM | link to this | reply

Interesting read !!!

posted by afzal50 on June 1, 2007 at 5:01 AM | link to this | reply