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| jogri:
My condolences. --- Quote from: Zero999 on April 08, 2020, 10:56:29 am ---Yes that's true. I'm quite concerned about my 5 year old nephew picking his nose and eating it. I hope my sister manages to nip it in the bud soon. --- End quote --- From a virological standpoint that really doesn't matter as you also have a mucous membrane inside your nose and the acid in the stomach will probably kill the virus anyway... |
| Stray Electron:
--- Quote from: jogri on April 08, 2020, 01:55:04 pm ---My condolences. --- Quote from: Zero999 on April 08, 2020, 10:56:29 am ---Yes that's true. I'm quite concerned about my 5 year old nephew picking his nose and eating it. I hope my sister manages to nip it in the bud soon. --- End quote --- From a virological standpoint that really doesn't matter as you also have a mucous membrane inside your nose and the acid in the stomach will probably kill the virus anyway... --- End quote --- I was thinking the same. Disgusting, but better that he eats it instead of leaving it laying around to possibly infect others. Children really are filthy little animals. I know, I was one once. But this time around, the BIG problem is that they usually don't get sick or even show any sign of being infected so they readily spread the virus, but the virus is deadly to the over 60 YO age group. |
| Cerebus:
--- Quote from: Stray Electron on April 08, 2020, 02:04:50 pm ---But this time around, the BIG problem is that they usually don't get sick or even show any sign of being infected so they readily spread the virus, but the virus is deadly to the over 60 YO age group. --- End quote --- It's a problem in general. Anyone who's had to deal with illness in children will tell you that the robust health of youth means that they can mask the symptoms for a long time and then go downhill rapidly. You or I might think "I'm a bit off today" or "I think I'm getting ready to come down with something" a day or two before we get properly ill; a 2 year old is far too busy charging around and destroying your house to notice that they feel "a bit off". Sure, the level of mayhem and destruction might be at a slightly lower level, but you take that as a blesséd relief, not the sign of impending illness. |
| Zero999:
--- Quote from: Stray Electron on April 08, 2020, 02:04:50 pm --- --- Quote from: jogri on April 08, 2020, 01:55:04 pm ---My condolences. --- Quote from: Zero999 on April 08, 2020, 10:56:29 am ---Yes that's true. I'm quite concerned about my 5 year old nephew picking his nose and eating it. I hope my sister manages to nip it in the bud soon. --- End quote --- From a virological standpoint that really doesn't matter as you also have a mucous membrane inside your nose and the acid in the stomach will probably kill the virus anyway... --- End quote --- I was thinking the same. Disgusting, but better that he eats it instead of leaving it laying around to possibly infect others. Children really are filthy little animals. I know, I was one once. But this time around, the BIG problem is that they usually don't get sick or even show any sign of being infected so they readily spread the virus, but the virus is deadly to the over 60 YO age group. --- End quote --- You're right about the stomach acid deactivating the virus, but that wasn't my worry. The problem is him putting his dirty fingers up his nose and in his mouth will increase the chances of him picking up viruses, as well as spreading them to others, who come into contact with objects he's touched, with his saliva and mucus coated fingers. Unfortunately my sister, the children and her husband have recently moved in with his parents, who are >60 and aren't in the best of shape so I do worry about them. |
| unknownparticle:
Terrible news, my condolences. |
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