Public Health Warning Blog

Question by sunny_d20: How can you prevent the stomach flu? Is it airborne? I work in a nursing home and I’ve been around it the past few days, puke and diarrea, we was our hands religiously and use hand sanitizer. One of the other nurses said it isn’t airborne and you have to ingest More....

by wallygrom Question by Kelley W: Are stomach viruses airborne, or are they transmitted by direct contact? There was a girl at church that hugged all of as she came in, and then after she had made the rounds she started talking about being VERY SICK last Friday with nausea, vomiting, the works. More....

by davidfg Question by I will always & forever love MJ: Is Airborne good to take if your not sick? My sister had a stomach virus yesterday and for the past two days I been taking Airborne to try to prevent myself from getting it. Would it still work even if I’m not sick and also is it More....

Survival Crap, Part I Image by Subspace Here starts the long process of "everything else" needed for a survival kit. There is much argument in our household over what the most necessary items are. This kit is assuming we have to leave the house and travel some distance out of the More....

Question by VirtueVsVice: How do airborne viruses spread? By “airborne” do people actually mean spittle? Or is it something else? The reason I ask is because I have a mild fever and I would like to go to a friend’s house to play cards and hang out. Would it protect them from my More....

Question by Bozz Mozz: Okay, well what if it’s an airborne snot? Does that qualify swine flu as a now airborne virus? Best answer: Answer by Hypno™Hey at least I tried to cover my nose. I can’t help that my nose prefers to use projectile snot to attack it’s victims. And no I More....

by bizjournal Question by The Butcher’s Handbag: If viruses can only “survive” in living cells then how do some become airborne and still “survive”? How does the virus get airborne and transmit to someone else? Best answer: Answer by bulletslaceViruses can More....

by wallygrom (very busy at work) Question by beetle: Can dogs bring in airborne viruses on their paws? I am wondering if I bring one of my dogs to the mountains/dog park if she can transmit something she picked up there to my other dog who is homebound and not currently vaccinated due to More....

by wallygrom (very busy at work) Question by desperatedesirex3: If someone is sick and has diarrhea from food poisoning,can it be contagious like a virus or be airborne if? you breathe in the molecules/germs/bacteria from the diarrhea?? Best answer: Answer by SkipperIt shouldn’t be, unless More....

Question by scorpus23: Is cold virus airborne? if you’re outside but not near anyone can it still go airborne and stay in the air? I say no, someone i know says yes. I say i think it has to be in the immediate vicinity where someone just coughed or sneezed or it is able to sit on things and More....