Clean up

Not much detail here but Elizabeth sends this:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060306/hl_nm/birdflu_baxter_dc

It reinforces the idea of washing hands often and disinfecting worrisome areas. Ward Stone said in summer the virus can only live hours outside the host. In winter it is months.

My doctor friend says he thinks that gloves are more important than masks, meaning he things virus is transmitted by hands more than air. I'll be researching disposable gloves.