Klarinet Archive - Posting 000948.txt from 1998/05

From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds and Germs
Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 23:13:27 -0400

SDSCHWAEG wrote:

> Hi, all!
> I have a friend who, every time she gets sick, throws out the reeds
> she's been using on the theory that she could reinfect herself. Is that
> possible, or would one now be immune to whatever bug one just had? Is there
> any way to disinfect reeds? I'm just getting over a walloping case of the
> flu, and sure would hate to throw them all out! (And would hate even more
> having to live the past 48 hours over again!)
> Thanks!
> Susan

Soak them in some peroxide to disinfect and then clear water to remove the
peroxide. Note that the peroxide will probably fizz when you put the reeds in
and is nothing to get excited about.

Also once you are over the flu (and I mean completely over it not just up and
about), your body should have developed all the antibodies it needs for that
particular strain of flu. So even if it is on the reeds, you should not come
down with that particular type again. If you were to come down with the flu
again, it would be a different strain that you picked up from someone else, not
your own reeds.

Dee D. Hays
Canton, SD

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