Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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On Parenting by Nancy Shute

3 Ways to Beat a Norovirus Outbreak

November 10, 2008 02:35 PM ET | Nancy Shute | Permanent Link | Print

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correction

Hope College is not in Ohio; it's in Holland Michigan.

Hand wash

Do not use alcohol-based hand wash, instead use a chlorine based hand wash. For example germ-x soft wipes are chlorine based. The chlorine completely kills the virus while, the alcohol does not.

Think

YOU CANNOT KILL THE NOROVIRUS WITHOUT BLEACH.PEOPLE INFECTED WITH NOROVIRUS CAN SHED IT IN THEIR STOOL FOR UP TO 2-3 WEEKS. babies for up to 6 weeks. If you are going to write a column on NOROVIRUS GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT. Also they are working on a Norovirus VACCINE. It is time we had ONE> THE NAME OF THE COMPANY IS LIGOCYTE>.

Hope College

FYI: Hope College is located in Michigan, not Ohio as stated in Tip #1.

NOROVIRUS

Hope college is in Holland Michigan

I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO WASH OUR HANDS. bUT WHAT ABOUT THE SKIN.I mean , what kind of soap shoud we use. it's difficult to find soaps with neutral ph , because they contain too much OH... if we wash our hands for such a long time with a basic soap([OH]concentration) we might hurt our hands and the skin ...

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