A good way of being almost continuously sick is being a parent. You have to make two daily visits to kindergarten (which of course is full of snot-filled children), and the kid will carry around those children-bacteria which your immune system is no longer used to. Huzzah, I’m a parent! *cough*
Actually, it’s best not to use antibacterial soap at all (or at least very rarely) for two reasons:
1) if you use too much of that soap, your body’s immune system soon realizes that your hands need the least of its attention and it stops caring when they cry out for it coz it knows they’ll be disinfected soon. This means when you stop using it the risk of an infection is far bigger.
2) bacteria and viruses reproduce asexually, and as such mutate A LOT. This means that when a antibacterial soap kills “99.99%” of germs, the few that are left can develop a mutation that makes them immune to your soap, and then they can reproduce wildly when all the other organisms have been killed. This means that after a while the soap is useless anyway.
You forgot to add that, while pre-existing, they’re likely maladaptive – *unless* one artificially creates an environment where those mutations are preferred (e.g., bathing them in antibacterial soap), which then promotes the selection of resistant bacteria who are *not* inhibited by those genes (i.e., more random mutations produce fit+resistant bacteria). Basic infectious disease work.
The bacteria shoving Bug…KILLS me! And it’s line reminds me of kids on the playground. I can’t wait until tomorrow! Man, oh man…I do LOVE this cartoon.
As for the commentary on anti-bacterial soap…I have opinions, but I’m not weighing in on this. This really isn’t the forum for that. And yes, I feel that had to be said.
Buy a 10 pack of tacos from Taco Bell to have for lunch. Only eat 9, leave the last one out on the kitchen counter. Pass out on couch and have the last one for breakfast the next day.
but i hate being sick…
Isn’t unhealthing your self, the only step? I guess I will have to wait till tomorrow to find out.
I think short of a magical coma, I wouldn’t get off work anyways for being sick.
Panel 2 is eerily close to unintentional incidents I experienced while babysitting when I was a teen :-p~. Gotta love kids!
“…Are my memos really that tasty?”
Adam, you’re getting me in trouble with my peeps. I got yelled at for laughing too loudly at 2 in the morning.
A good way of being almost continuously sick is being a parent. You have to make two daily visits to kindergarten (which of course is full of snot-filled children), and the kid will carry around those children-bacteria which your immune system is no longer used to. Huzzah, I’m a parent! *cough*
Actually, it’s best not to use antibacterial soap at all (or at least very rarely) for two reasons:
1) if you use too much of that soap, your body’s immune system soon realizes that your hands need the least of its attention and it stops caring when they cry out for it coz it knows they’ll be disinfected soon. This means when you stop using it the risk of an infection is far bigger.
2) bacteria and viruses reproduce asexually, and as such mutate A LOT. This means that when a antibacterial soap kills “99.99%” of germs, the few that are left can develop a mutation that makes them immune to your soap, and then they can reproduce wildly when all the other organisms have been killed. This means that after a while the soap is useless anyway.
Science. It works, bitches
I know, tl;dr, but it had to be said
I’ve read longer.
re 2)
Except that the mutations are PRE-EXISTING.
The sioap is a screening agent, not a mutagen.
Had to be said.
You forgot to add that, while pre-existing, they’re likely maladaptive – *unless* one artificially creates an environment where those mutations are preferred (e.g., bathing them in antibacterial soap), which then promotes the selection of resistant bacteria who are *not* inhibited by those genes (i.e., more random mutations produce fit+resistant bacteria). Basic infectious disease work.
I love “unhealth yourself.” Haha, made me laugh a lot for some reason.
The bacteria shoving Bug…KILLS me! And it’s line reminds me of kids on the playground. I can’t wait until tomorrow! Man, oh man…I do LOVE this cartoon.
As for the commentary on anti-bacterial soap…I have opinions, but I’m not weighing in on this. This really isn’t the forum for that. And yes, I feel that had to be said.
I have no comment on Jeff’s Comment, I just wanted to Comment that.
Buy a 10 pack of tacos from Taco Bell to have for lunch. Only eat 9, leave the last one out on the kitchen counter. Pass out on couch and have the last one for breakfast the next day.
Usually does it for me.
You could hang out with me, I’ve been sick all week.
Looks like someone isn’t feeling too well… ^-^;
waahhh?? mr pibb is wack get on that dr pepper adam
Don’t even get me started on antibacterial soap, the damn stuff is the reason we have so many damn antibacterial-resistant bacteria.
And once there are enough, they’ll just do panel four. ALL. THE. TIME.