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Ashminigun
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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Location: Malaysia
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:11 am
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Patient zero in the making.
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He will be having a nice "trip" with all the medication he took.
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Anton Chigurh
Joined: 03 Dec 2007
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Location: Guam
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:16 am
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This is gonna pay off spectacularly, ain't it?
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wandering-dreamer
Joined: 21 Jan 2008
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:27 am
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So THAT'S where con crud comes from!
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Sakurazuka_Reika
Joined: 19 May 2009
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:37 am
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Stay strong, my friend
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MrTerrorist
Joined: 20 Oct 2010
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:13 am
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This won't end well.
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AkiraKaneda
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:35 am
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One of the best punchlines ever in this strip. Kudos.
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bellicosebreakfast
Joined: 14 Sep 2011
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:39 am
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Advocating use of non-essential antibiotics? Are you kidding me?
Wow.
You just lost a lot of my respect.
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A Mystery
Joined: 10 Oct 2010
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Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:14 am
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bellicosebreakfast wrote: | Advocating use of non-essential antibiotics? Are you kidding me?
Wow.
You just lost a lot of my respect. |
The point of the bunch of crap he took in is that it's, indeed, NOT safe. I think Robin knows very well that antibiotics should be used only when needed, when your doctor prescribes it (not when you have a flu/cold without bacteria involvement)
I'm curious how this will end... .
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iamthevastuniverse
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:20 am
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Nice one.
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Lizzie_B
Joined: 14 Apr 2011
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:31 am
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MrTerrorist wrote: | This won't end well. |
Should've worn those surgical masks Japanese people wear.
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DavidShallcross
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:34 am
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Who's advocating? Writers and artists do not necessarily advocate everything their characters do, and in this case Kevin is likely being set up for mild disaster.
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DuelLadyS
Joined: 17 Mar 2006
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:34 am
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And thus, we discover the origins of Pax Pox.
I keep tellin' people- Cold-Eeze, folks. Cold-Eeze. Start poppin' the zinc drops with every meal as soon as you get the sniffles. Go up to 5-6 if you symptoms get worse... except they probably won't. Mine never do, I just stop with the drops after a week or so. It stops colds if you start 'em fast enough, it kills them faster if you don't, and you can take them with you regular cold medicine*. No one ever believes me... then they get sick. You'd think they realize I never do. The only people who take me seriously usually answer "I take Airborne instead".
(*as with all medications, please read all labels and warnings and use caution when combining medicines. Which Kevin is about to learn the hard way...)
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The Mad Manga Massacre
Joined: 15 Jul 2009
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:35 am
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AkiraKaneda wrote: | One of the best punchlines ever in this strip. Kudos. |
Could someone explain the punchline to me?
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Tamaria
Joined: 21 Oct 2007
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Location: De Achterhoek
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:56 am
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A Mystery wrote: |
bellicosebreakfast wrote: | Advocating use of non-essential antibiotics? Are you kidding me?
Wow.
You just lost a lot of my respect. |
The point of the bunch of crap he took in is that it's, indeed, NOT safe. I think Robin knows very well that antibiotics should be used only when needed, when your doctor prescribes it (not when you have a flu/cold without bacteria involvement)
I'm curious how this will end... . |
But where did he get those in the first place? The internet? Oh wait, that makes perfect sense... Yep, one disaster coming right up!
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CareyGrant
Joined: 18 Nov 2009
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:09 am
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Yeah, antibiotic-resistant bacteria is nothing to sneeze at. (Sorry, I couldn't resist). Antibiotic abuse is definitely an issue, but as this is a comic strip... yeah, i'm not gonna loose my stuff over it.
Just rememer: Antibiotics are ONLY for bacterial infections. They have NO EFFECT on viral infections, which can only run their coarse. Also, antibiotics aren't selective to just the "bad" bacteria. They'll go after the good & beneficial ones in your GI tract as well (which is bad).
What's worse than that, especially in the gamer/anime/manga populations, are the abuse of energy drinks, often which I see people drink like water (if only they drunk that much water, their kidneys would thank them, among a whole host of other bodily fluids, organs and functions).
As these drinks often have 7 to 10 times the caffeine as a single cup of coffee, other stimulants, plus vitamins and minerals, it's VERY easy for people who down several of these drinks to do themselves serious damage acutely and chronically to their organs and systems. Over ingestion can also lead to toxicity and poisoning.
I'm also surprised no one's mentioned the biggest way to combat con sickness: WASH YOUR HANDS OFTEN (or use hand sanitizer) and NEVER TOUCH YOUR FACE, MOUTH, OR NOSE with unclean hands. Unless someone is hacking up death right next to you, the greatest route towards infection is via bringing your infected hands towards your face or your food when you eat. At a con this is a huge nightmare with public doors and things held communally like game controllers and the like.
People think I'm strange because I go to PAX with boxes of disposable, nitrile exam gloves, but I use them (I also wash my hands), and I don't get sick.
(Author's Note: I have nitrile exam gloves because I'm going to Dental School, not because I'm some nutball serial killer.)
Also, drinking plenty of water, eating well, and getting enough sleep will insure you don't get some Con super bug that takes for ever to get rid of, or laughs in the face of most antibiotics (Like MRSA, but that's pretty rare outside of hospitals or hospital workers).
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