At Good Samaritan getting IV antibiotics for a resistant bladder infection, which turned into three antibiotics for a bladder and kidney infection, which is now, I think, three different and stronger antibiotics for an infection of his kidneys, heart and possibly other structures.
Dad has been plagued for months by a series of highly-resistant infections. They keep piling on new antibiotics, but meanwhile the bugs keep getting more resistant.
If you would like to do something in honor of the suffering of my father and others like him, please go right now and wash your hands.
I'm serious. Wash your hands now. Wash your hands several times a day, with soap and hot water, taking as long as it takes to sing one verse of your favorite song.
And not with antibacterial soap, either. Casual use of antibacterial substances is part of the problem.
Wash your hands, people. Wash surfaces that people touch frequently (like computer keyboards). Wash them, and wash them again when needed.
I am not being the least bit blasphemous or facetious when I implore you earnestly to for God's sake wash your hands.
//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "When was the last time you washed me, John?"\\
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