Comments on: I say…DO NOT bring bubbles while waiting in line for your H1N1 shot

By: kateb

kateb — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:29:02 +0000

Geesh. Our tax dollars at work.

By: Not Again

Not Again — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:44:05 +0000

Leave it to government to tell us how to act, and think. We are all too stupid to think for ourselves.

By: Columbus Public Health Announces Two H1N1 Clinics for Children and Adolescents | The Madrigal Maniac

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:23:09 +0000

[...] been released on October 30, 2009. As Lisa of Glass City Jungle I believe has correctly pointed out here, leave the bubbles at [...]

By: henri

henri — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:42:14 +0000

Consider the source!! It’s our wonderful, effective governmental agencies/departments at their best…

Yeah, just what I’d want, bubble soap in my eyes when I’m already peeved about standing out in the cold for hours on end…

By: SA

SA — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:33:34 +0000

Holy cow – that does seem bizarre!

I have 2 kids who love bubbles. Even if H1N1 weren’t a concern, I would never even CONSIDER bringing bubbles for them to play with anywhere in a public building. I would think it to be rude to allow my children to blow bubbles all over the place in a crowd full of adults…especially those who are presumably annoyed already at waiting in a long line!

That is just a ridiculous suggestion. Eek.

By: henri

henri — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:18:01 +0000

Now, THERE’s a Hands-on activity for the classroom a future school board member can recommend!!

Way to go Lisa!! And it covers her concern of H1N1…

By: LisaRenee

LisaRenee — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:29:55 +0000

I also wanted to point out that the use of bubbles is done to show how germs spread…

Link:

INVISIBLE BUGS

Grade: 4-8

Equipment: blowing bubbles, paper, dry powder/talc, soap, water, dry powdered paint, sheet of sticky colored dots/stars

Objective: to illustrate how germs travel

Method: Begin by explaining how immunizations reduce the likelihood of becoming infected with diseases such as small pox, measles, mumps, etc. Give a group of students a colored dot to stick on their forehead. Explain that the dots will indicate immunity. Select another student to be Chicken pox Joe (or another name if there is a Joe in class), and stick colored dots all over his face. Joe (or selected name) is instructed to move about the class touching other students on their hand to “infect” them since they have no dots. Since they have no immunity to the germ, they will become sick.

Blow bubbles into an open space to indicate how germs spread by “droplets.” So that the students can actually see the droplet infection occurring, spread a sheet of paper in front of the bubble blower to catch the “droplets” and indicate how the germs spread in the air.