Hearing your flatmate sneezing, sniffling and blowing his nose shortly after returning from two weeks in Mexico.
In the current climate, when people say "bless you" (or "Jesus" in Spain - pronounced "Heh-zoos") they really mean it. Theo and I were in the Caixa Forum public art gallery when the woman standing beside me suddenly sneezed with eye-watering ferocity. As she groped for a hankie, we ruefully exchanged glances and I took a discreet step away from her.
NB after a little research (well, you can't be too careful), it seems our flatmate was unlikely to be suffering with the swine 'flu - symptoms didn't start to appear until a good eight days after his return and the incubation period of the strain of H1N1 causing so many problems in Mexico is thought to be 2-5 days. Also, he hasn't had a fever or a cough and after two days, was well enough to stay out all night socialising, albeit a tad snottily. Let's be thankful it's not the bird 'flu - although that's unlikely to be a problem for our flatmate, he prefers pork and meat generally.
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