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Reporter Sneezes the Wrong Way in Front of Secy Sebelius
September 17, 2009 11:43 AM
At a briefing just now, NBC's Chuck Todd just sneezed into his hand, rather than his arm, prompting the joking disapproval of Health Secretary Sebelius and press secretary Robert Gibbs.
Gibbs pointed out that a print reporter had just sneezed the correct way. Your humble correspondent noted that his 2-year-old did it the correct way this morning, prompting Sebelius to offer Chuck an Elmo video.
UPDATE: In the interests of full disclosure, I should point out that I, too, have not yet fully adapted to the new sneeze-in-your-arm-not-your-hand guidelines.
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Thanks for the correction, connie.
re: post by connie | Sep 18, 2009 10:39:34 PM
Posted by: exgenica | Sep 22, 2009 5:23:55 PM
Kathleen Sebelius is an idiot. Sneeze on your sleeve? What if the sneeze comes with phlegm? Wipe it on her face? What about facial tissues?
Posted by: share8 | Sep 20, 2009 10:49:28 AM
are we really defenseless against germs?, maybe were spreading germ-a-phobia.
Posted by: pete | Sep 19, 2009 5:09:12 PM
I cannot believe the number of men that do not carry a handkerchief anymore. HELLO- it contains the droplets in one enclosed space -it doesn't make you look like a 4 year old wiping your nose and sneezing on your arm. IT KEEPS GERMS CONTAINED and not spredding to other people.
Posted by: Bill | Sep 19, 2009 10:03:39 AM
Yea sneezing into your hand is kind of disgusting. If you must, then please head straight to the restroom and wash it.
Posted by: adam russell | Sep 19, 2009 8:46:01 AM
Doctor Howard Doctor Fine Doctor Howard !!
A sleeve is not a handkerchief. Only a low class stooge would use it as such.
-I.B.McGinty
Posted by: I.B.McGinty | Sep 19, 2009 12:22:43 AM
We are so glad that she went to DC! She bankrupted our state!
Posted by: plainsm | Sep 18, 2009 10:42:42 PM
Maybe Obama could demonstrate how to wipe, since he good with bull.
Posted by: connie | Sep 18, 2009 10:39:34 PM
Buck Bagaw said, Sep 18, 2009 7:46:37 PM
"Hate to break all your bubbles gang but the elbow/sleeve is the way to go and every preschool and elementary school is teaching it and the medical community highly recommends it"
Posted by: exgenica | Sep 18, 2009 9:24:00 PM
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I hate to break YOUR bubble, exgenica, but Buck didn’t say any of that; Melanie Bennett did.
Posted by: Jess Sayen | Sep 18, 2009 10:33:37 PM
How should we fart
Posted by: ernie t | Sep 18, 2009 10:06:36 PM
Buck,
I hate to break YOUR bubble Buck, but 50% of the students in the 20 largest cities in the US do NOT graduate from high school (includes Washington, DC).
3 out of 4 students in Oklahoma don't know who the first US president was. Do you really think they're going to care about sneezing protocol?
As for the "medical community highly recommends it", virtually every single doctor and nurse I have ever seen does NOT wash their hands before seeing a patient. In my over 30 years as an adult I recall less than a handful that practiced acceptable pre-examination washing protocols, and one of those "good" offices was my uncle's office. Recent articles show this problem continues to exist after decades of training (search net for "doctors don't wash hands").
Buck Bagaw said, Sep 18, 2009 7:46:37 PM
"Hate to break all your bubbles gang but the elbow/sleeve is the way to go and every preschool and elementary school is teaching it and the medical community highly recommends it"
Posted by: exgenica | Sep 18, 2009 9:24:00 PM
And some of you people think she doesn't know what she's talking about. This is probably the best thing we've gotten out of this whitehouse so far.
Posted by: Buck Bagaw | Sep 18, 2009 7:46:37 PM
Hate to break all your bubbles gang but the elbow/sleeve is the way to go and every preschool and elementary school is teaching it and the medical community highly recommends it. Do a search on cough into your elbow and get a clue.
I just attended a trade show and got sick because there were so many people using their hands and NOT WASHING them because they don't have sinks in their back pockets and were NOT carrying around hand sanitizers.
Posted by: Melanie Bennett | Sep 18, 2009 7:04:50 PM
Hey ABC. Have you heard the news... AHMADINEJAD VOWS ISRAEL 'WILL NOT LAST LONG'... I guess snot
Posted by: mary collins | Sep 18, 2009 6:41:58 PM
She comes across like some hick hillbilly. She is such a stupid clown it is .unbelievable
Posted by: we_are_not_amused | Sep 18, 2009 4:51:07 PM
The CDC says it is acceptable for any attendee at a "Tea bag rally" to sneeze into Beck's perineum, since they'll be in the area anyway.
(BTW, humor)
Posted by: Bill | Sep 18, 2009 3:35:08 PM
I hate to point this out, but here goes. When you sneeze into your sleeve, it's still there until you change clothes, able to be rubbed off on anyone unlucky enough to brush against you. If you sneeze into your hand, a simple trick like washing your hands removes any germs from them. It's nice to see that another of this administration's officials has gone to the trouble to think things through.
Just as an afterthought, are we allowed to go back to the traditional way of covering a sneeze or cough, after the wondervaccines have been distributed? You'd think that if they work, there's no danger of being infected from someone's careless sneeze.
Posted by: Tim | Sep 18, 2009 3:23:07 PM
I had elementary school substitute teachers who looked and acted like Sebelius. I can't remember any of their names, though, because they had little or no positive impact on me.
Ms. Sebelius will eventually be just another of those forgettable figures from our past. Until then, shut your nasty little mouths, don't chew gum in class, and cover your mouth with your elbow.
Posted by: Texas Pete | Sep 18, 2009 3:22:14 PM
I can see by the all "quality" comments that Drudge still has a link up.
Posted by: Rudy | Sep 18, 2009 2:40:42 PM
You'd think the handkerchief industry would have something to say about this!
Posted by: Snertly | Sep 18, 2009 2:34:24 PM
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