Re: For frequent B&M players...how do you keep from getting sick?


brewmaster wrote:
> This is a serious question. I caught something while playing at the Bike
> (I think). This is not the first time this has happened. Many poker
> players are not the cleanliest of characters, and since cards and chips
> are being passed around, so are germs. One guy was telling me that a well
> known celebrity (that he was aquainted with) was in the restroom pissing,
> and afterwards didn't wash his hands, but came up to him to shake hands,
> which he refused with an excuse about having dirty hands himself. Another
> guy I know who is diabetic had an infection that required intravenous
> antibiotics, and his doctor told him he can no longer play cards without
> wearing gloves.
>
> So does anybody think about this? Does that antibacterial lotion work?
> Do you just touch your chips as little as possible and keep your hands far
> from your face? Any other options? I'm not just whining, I caught
> something nasty I think.
>
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Sorry to hear you caught something. I don't seem to have any problem
but I do wash my hands fairly often. Other than that, I don't take
precautions.

In theory, I agree that going to a cardroom exposes one to other
people's micororganisms but I wonder if it can be as bad as sending
kids to school. Some of the parents I know even call it "trolling for
the flu." One kid will catch something and pretty soon the whole fam
damily is sick.

Staying home, alone, in front of the computer screen is probably less
likely to get a person infected. However, it bores me to tears.

Get better soon.

Will in New Haven

--

"If I listened long enough to you,
I'd find a way to believe it was all true,
KNOWIN' that you lied, straight-faced while I cried,
Still I'd try to find a reason to believe."

Tim Hardin - "Reason to believe

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