Why Don't We Do It In Our Sleeves?

lets make lounsbury famous

I'm going to call around tomorrow (or email, possibly) and see if our local counties' public health officers have seen this video, and see what kind of support I can get for trying to get the local TV stations to run it as a human interest item (assuming Lounsbury is willing to allow it to be televised).  It's a bit long for TV but there's an outside chance they might run it if the health officers endorse it.

I hope others will look into doing this in their areas as well.  If even one news venue picks it up, it may catch on and get wider viewing--we've all seen how errors propagate through the major news wires--so should good information.

The video has the advantage of being pertinent to seasonal flu and colds as well, so it won't have the 'tinfoil' factor of being a bird flu prep item. :)

medical information provided is for discussion purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. if you believe you have a medical problem, consult your practitioner.

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by: Lisa the GP @ Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 05:37:43 AM UTC

This is an excellent video

Please, please give it every effort to have this video seen anywhere and everywhere ... can we get airlines to play it as part of their in-flight entertainment?

Eat pudding first - who know's what might happen next! - Anon

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by: AnnieB @ Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 05:52:34 AM UTC

it's on Google

All time views: 82,193

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by: DemFromCT @ Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 06:02:47 AM UTC

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82,000 but...

A single TV broadcast would dwarf the current views. :)  I'll at least find out if they've seen it, if I can.

medical information provided is for discussion purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. if you believe you have a medical problem, consult your practitioner.

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by: Lisa the GP @ Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 07:41:58 AM UTC

I didn't say not to ;-)

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by: DemFromCT @ Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 13:15:29 PM UTC

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but... you want it locally

this is from Pew Center.

And if I post it at Daily Kos, it'll be seen by half a million people.  ;-P

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by: DemFromCT @ Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 13:24:06 PM UTC

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ROTFLMAO!!!!! and,

How easyily and QUICKLY we can watch a video! Good idea to get it up on the main page- this will convince lots of people to try harder to get the new Fluwiki. Thank you!!

A computer illiterate who's trying!!!

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by: Ocean2 @ Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 09:54:35 AM UTC

scroll down and watch the humor video

;-)

we moved here for this capability.

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by: DemFromCT @ Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 13:18:16 PM UTC

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translate?

Could the soundtrack be translated into several languages?  Ah, wait - it is being translated.

But it should be out there for no money, if you ask me.  The cooperative translation should be very easy - how many words are spoken or written?  I don't think it's more than a few pages of written text.

We're translating a 17 page manual.  So we can help with the "cooperative" part.

Great video!

You arm yourself to the teeth just in case.  You don't leave the gun near the baby's hand.

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by: lugon @ Mon Nov 20, 2006 at 10:16:26 AM UTC

Egad

I contacted Ben some time ago in order to get rights to show the vid on our intranet. We got that figured out and then the obvious occured to me: it isn't in French (I live in Canada with two official languages). I dropped the idea and then came across your post. I was elated and then crushed to discover that it was only translated into spanish. Sigh.

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by: Ottawa Guy @ Tue Nov 28, 2006 at 22:44:00 PM UTC

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trouble seeing videos

There are many formats and some seem to be incompatible; on certain computers there's no way I can see it.  Also, is there a way to download the video so that it may be copied on CD etc?

You arm yourself to the teeth just in case.  You don't leave the gun near the baby's hand.

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by: lugon @ Tue Nov 21, 2006 at 09:05:47 AM UTC

we can place the link

to the original site where they come from. but youtube and google are...

youtube.com and http://video.google....

Search for pandemic.

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by: DemFromCT @ Tue Nov 21, 2006 at 12:52:24 PM UTC

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int this case

I had provided the ben lounsbury link, click his name in the main post. and you can always contact them.

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by: DemFromCT @ Tue Nov 21, 2006 at 12:53:19 PM UTC

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observation

The guitar player at the end, went to wash his hands (good); but he contaminated his guitar when he took it off (bad) and will recontaminate his hands when he puts it back on (making his handwashing next to useless).

To calm the wife buy cases of chocolate, to calm the husband buy cases of booze, and to calm the children...... heck the booze and chocolate should work.

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by: Oremus @ Tue Nov 28, 2006 at 17:32:29 PM UTC

Great for kids

I saw this video then watched it again with my 12- year old daughter.  She liked it.  Using humor is definatly the way to go!

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by: Greenmom @ Tue Nov 28, 2006 at 21:01:35 PM UTC

I sent the link to our local news channel

In hopes they will air it, or at least get the knowledge out there.

I really hope they air it, it's too funny!

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by: mountainlady @ Tue Nov 28, 2006 at 23:29:59 PM UTC

ditto n/t

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by: Lisa the GP @ Tue Nov 28, 2006 at 23:48:04 PM UTC

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Hilarious!

Great way to make a point and entertain at the same time.

I finally took the time to watch this and I'm glad I did. I can also say that the coughing or sneezing in my sleeve is something I've done for years. As a year-round allergy sufferer, with multiple other respiratory problems, I found it hard to prepare a meal quickly because I had to keep stopping to wash my hands every time I coughed or sneezed. I finally started sneezing into my sleeve, as it was the only solution I could think of---didn't want to just "spray" the kitchen, but was trying to avoid using my hands and then having to wash before continuing to stir the soup, or whatever, if it was just a quick sneeze.

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by: Genoa @ Tue Nov 28, 2006 at 23:46:26 PM UTC

kung-fu-choo

I would encourage schools, tribal offices, VFW, etc to get copies. I think the primary school pupils will especially enjoy the kung-fu-choo! moves (see also

  * Jackie Chan in bird flu public service announcement -
  http://ykalaska.word...

There’s also a blog at
  * http://coughsafe.blo...

The DVD is available for bulk rate but I think it is still a small, local effort, i.e., may not be able to give away the DVDs and postage, etc.

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by: 2oonz @ Wed Nov 29, 2006 at 06:32:51 AM UTC

I have just sent this to my

Ministry of Health, via their pandemic influenza website, suggesting they incorporate it in a public health campaign.

Let's see what the response is ...

Eat pudding first - who know's what might happen next! - Anon

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by: AnnieB @ Wed Nov 29, 2006 at 06:53:47 AM UTC

Hey, I got a reply to this email - good stuff

Here is the response I got:

Dear Anne,

Thank you for your email bringing to our attention the American made video on coughing and sneezing etiquette. We appreciate you bringing this video to our notice. 

I have passed the link on to the appropriate people within the Ministry of Health for their review and consideration.

Kind regards,

(name removed by me)
Analyst
Emergency Management Team
Risk and Assurance
Ministry of Health

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So, it is in the system and we can but wait and see ;-)

Eat pudding first - who know's what might happen next! - Anon

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by: AnnieB @ Thu Dec 14, 2006 at 03:26:11 AM UTC

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