Klarinet Archive - Posting 000202.txt from 1999/01

From: Note Staff Unlimited <notestaff@-----.ch>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:germs - mouthpiece sharing
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 18:46:07 -0500

David Blumberg schrieb:

> Tony Pay wrote:
> A retrovirus is a virus
> ======================================================================
>
> Even though Aids is not spread by the mouthpiece sharing, I still do not
> take the chance of getting whatever cold, etc., including gingivitis that
> one can get from playing someone's mouthpiece without first wiping it with
> an Alcohol Swab (reed, and mouthpiece).
> I have had noted Doctors (one who is the Head of Hematology for the Univ of
> Penn. Medical School) who did not want their kids to share mouthpieces,
> even with an alcohol swab. Makes you think.
> David Blumberg

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Since I stopped trying pupils setups every once in a while and started avoiding
it unless first treating reed and mouthpiece with hydrogenperoxide, I've
stopped getting colds several times a year and stopped getting the flu at least
once a year. Since then, I haven't missed a day of work for illness in years.
Sounds like I might also have missed out on some more interesting diseases!

David
David Glenn
notestaff@-----.ch

P.S. Anybody spent any €uros recently?

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