Klarinet Archive - Posting 001008.txt from 1998/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] biology of colds and flu (was reeds and sickness)
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 22:50:21 -0400

At 03:44 PM 5/17/98 -0500, Steven Goldman wrote:
>If you want to be safe there is only one way - don't play someone else's
>setup. Remember, germs are an the whole instrument (keys etc...) and you can
>get infected by touching it and simply rubbing your eye.

And you can just as easily get infected by grabbing a doorknob! One can
get too crazy trying to completely avoid germs/viruses. But sticking
infested things directly into your mouth is definitely taking fool chances.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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