“WASH YOUR HANDS”

I don’t know about anybody else but I detest the thought of our president standing beside me at my bathroom sink telling me to wash my hands. Sorry, Mr. Obama, you are way to close for comfort in that scenario.  Please sir,  stay out of my house!

I find it insulting to  be cautioned in this manner by anybody. Does the president really think we are all too ignorant not to wash our hands?

And it’s not only the president who’s overdoing it with unsolicited advice,  I have to laugh every time another member of his cabinet or some legislator  gets in front of a camera and starts issuing cautions. Even John McCain has brains enough to remind us on HANNITY last night that none of these folks are doctors  and shouldn’t be playing doctor ! (After which comment McCain  blithely proceeded to  offer  his own quasi medical counsel.)

It’s impossible to predict where the swine flu is going to take us all,  but certainly it has already provided opportunities for the media to grab for higher ratings and for our government to act precipitously in areas where it was already planning to forge new frontiers anyhow— as in never let a crisis go to waste, etc. etc.

A friend who drives truck for an Iowa livestock company tells me it has  set  new rules for employees as of two days ago. Within twenty four hours of going on TV to assure the public  YOU CANNOT CONTRACT SWINE FLU FROM A HOG, one employer is requiring  all employees to wear wear masks and goggles when loading and unloading hogs….No doubt a directive to cover lawsuits, but nevertheless an example of the confusion  and contradictory information about swine flu.