Comments on: It’s offical: H1N1 is a National Emergency, so should we wear face masks like the Japanese? http://www.nikkeiview.com/blog/2009/10/26/its-offical-h1n1-is-a-national-emergency-so-should-we-wear-face-masks-like-the-japanese/ GIL ASAKAWA'S JAPANESE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE ON POP CULTURE, MEDIA & POLITICS Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:01:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Margaret Dilloway http://www.nikkeiview.com/blog/2009/10/26/its-offical-h1n1-is-a-national-emergency-so-should-we-wear-face-masks-like-the-japanese/comment-page-1/#comment-208469 Margaret Dilloway Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:06:18 +0000 http://www.nikkeiview.com/blog/?p=1887#comment-208469 My mom, who was born in Japan in the 1930s, always wore a face mask while she was sick when we were infants. She was always telling us to wash our hands, don't pick noses, etc. Our house was so germ-free that as soon as I went to public school I got sick for a year. My MIL drives me crazy, though. She's always scoffing at preventatives like hand-washing (never makes my kids wash their hands before eating, for instance, unless they have actually visibly dirty hands) and is always pushing echinacea and other natural "remedies" when we're sick. I told her if we just washed our hands often, we wouldn't need the echinacea. Our doc's offices have the masks to use for people who are sick. I wish everyone who was sick would wear one and be a little polite in not infecting the rest of us. My mom, who was born in Japan in the 1930s, always wore a face mask while she was sick when we were infants. She was always telling us to wash our hands, don’t pick noses, etc. Our house was so germ-free that as soon as I went to public school I got sick for a year.
My MIL drives me crazy, though. She’s always scoffing at preventatives like hand-washing (never makes my kids wash their hands before eating, for instance, unless they have actually visibly dirty hands) and is always pushing echinacea and other natural “remedies” when we’re sick. I told her if we just washed our hands often, we wouldn’t need the echinacea.
Our doc’s offices have the masks to use for people who are sick. I wish everyone who was sick would wear one and be a little polite in not infecting the rest of us.

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