SWINE FLU VIRUS HITS MEXICO AND OTHERCOUNTRIESSwine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza that regularly cause outbreaks of influenza among pigs. Swine flu viruses do not normally infect humans, however, human infections with swine flu do occur, and cases of human-to-human spread of swine flu viruses has been documented. From December 2005 through February 2009, a total of 12 human infections with swine influenza were reported from 10 states in the United States. Since March 2009, a number of confirmed human cases of a new strain of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in the U.S. and internationally have been identified.
There are everyday actions people can take to stay healthy.
* Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
* Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hands cleaners are also effective.
* Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way.
Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
* Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people.
* If you get sick, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.
For more information, visit this site: Swine Flu virus
After making the bold move to delete my previous blog, here I am again trying to start anew. I couldn't find much time to monitor my old blog and there were so many reasons as to why I resigned from blogging; one is that I got afraid of relaying my thoughts on a broken page- apparently a person whom I knew back in *toot* read my former posts and teased me once about how shocking my confessions were. Since then I have learned to keep my thoughts and experiences just to myself. ^_^ hahaha The other reasons I don't mind saying.. =p
Well, last Sunday I urged my mom into buying a book that I have been eying for several months. It's Kelley Armstrong's The Summoning. But... As expected, she slightly reprimanded me and said I should just read on books about history etc. I couldn't bring my voice to say how astonishing the experience is whenever I read a book that brings me into another dimension, the characters become my friends and acquaintances. It's crazy but it's true. On the other hand, nonfictional books interest me the most because of its pure audacity and the lessons it teach.
More openly, last year, Lovelia's mother died due to lung cancer. Grace, Shaira, Joy and I were only among the few of her friends who visited her and her family at the Mt. Sinai Memorial Chapel. Moreover, Anna Kat, April etc. were said to have visited prior.
Grace and I were raged over the fact that some of our close friends were apparently "
busy" enough to not attend the burial etc. How busy can you be when your own friend's mother just died from an abrupt disease? How consoling is texting your friend and say condolences when you can be present personally? This is flat irony. You can never tell who your real friends are unless you're in trouble.
More updates from me:-Just finished reading Rain Pryor's
Jokes My Father Never Told Me and Lois Lowry's
Number the Stars. The Latter is an excellent book, the former, uhmmmm.. let's just say I bought it for only P50. ahhahaha ^_^
-Broke up with my boyfriend yesterday nyahahahaha I'll tell you the whole story tomorrow!
cheerio