[ale] Way OT: X-ray glasses=>Flu shots

[Bob Toxen]

On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 11:35:48AM -0500, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 10:26, tfreeman at intel.digichem.net wrote:
> > I wonder... Could the software running these things be enhanced to screen 
> > for lung problems? Say like tuberculosis? Keeping the walking ill off 
> > aircraft might save more long term than keeping the nut cases out.

> No. These are very "soft" X-rays. They can't penetrate the skin for more
> than a few millimeters. I would not want a full chest X-ray every time I
> fly. The radiation dose at 5 miles up is bad enough. 
...
> The flu bug spread like wildfire in a circle from the
> "typhoid Mary" cube and then through the warehouse staff from lunch
> contacts. In a 40 person company, having 32 people out for over 2 weeks
> was a nightmare. Everyone needed to work to keep the cash flow happening
> so they kept coming back in to soon and infecting others. They needed to
> put bleach in the fire sprinklers and turn them on daily.

<rant>

If the company had been smart (y'all listening up?), flu shots for
everyone free of charge and maybe even a $50 bribe.

Three years ago I had two employees.  I offered them and my girlfriend
a free flu shot each.  They declined; I got one for myself.

I was the only one who didn't get the flu and there certainly was close
contact.

A flu shot is $30.  Get one!  Tell 'em you get it bad or get it very
easily.  Don't allow THEIR incompetence to deprive you of the medical
care  you need.  They always can grow more or import it from Canada.
In Washington State a company is running "Flu shot charter flights"
to Canada.

(In my case, the above is true and I get one every year without fail
and haven't gotten it for 15-20 years.  In years I don't get a shot I'm
guaranteed to be in bed for a week thinking that death would be a relief
-- no sick pay either since I'm self-employed.)

</rant>

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Bob