Plague Prevention

Pandemic prevention? Or plague prescription?
So, this is apparently what is supposed to protect us from the escaped swine flu virus strands, and save us from mass-death. Somehow, I really doubt that... The whole elastic band around the neck, makes it a bit difficult to digest. Quite a disastrous scenario actually; a crammed train car in the London tube, and everyone is wearing a plastic bag on their heads? Probably more people would get sick from the plastic bags, not to mention the environment. How about that sustainability? Sustainable health problems...would probably be more like it.

Same day, BBC writes, there is no scientific evidence that the virus can be air transferred... hmm?

Tadaaaa! Pest medicine #1: Hand Sanitizer. Even when you enter the hospital now days, they will tell all people, visitors and employees alike, to carefully clean their hands. The reason why I know that is another (not very dramatic) story. Preventive medicine is really just common sense, come on (!) any routined Londonian has owned, or at least contemplated buying, hand sanitizer, public transport is like a bacteria culture in itself.

So for now rest assured, hands are clean, with a 51p sanitizer from Tesco (of all places). Is sustainable cleanliness really plague prevention? Let's hope so.