Let’s be less gross this year - Help keep PBC free of H1N1!
August 30, 2009 by admin
The H1N1 virus is supposed to make flu season 2009 especially nasty, so cleaning up after ourselves and doing whatever we need to ensure our best chance at staying healthy is no joke.
For the sake of your teammates, your family, and even yourself, please remember to take the following precautions around the boathouse:
Wash your workout gear daily, and only wear laundered gear to the Club.
Use me!
Wash your hands with soap and water before and after practice, especially when using shared equipment. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective, and disinfecting wipes are already available around the boathouse. Look for them, and use them!
On and off the water, make sure to cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, and do it with your arm or shoulder instead of your hands.
After you erg, use the spray disinfectant and paper towels available in the Ballroom to wipe off the erg handles, the seat, and wherever else you may have shed biological material.
Not awesome.
And by the way, please don’t forget to wipe your sweat off the floor when you’re done on the erg. Making a big pool of sweat may be proof you worked out incredibly hard, but leaving it there for someone else to deal with only means you’re an incredibly inconsiderate you-know-what. The photo (left) of the running river of sweat was taken on Saturday, August 22. There were paper towels and a squirt bottle full of disinfectant not ten feet away. We say, check the security cameras! The person who did this probably took the crap in the launch a month or so ago.
[Yes. That's right. Someone defecated in one of the launches. Don't blame the messenger. We are as disgusted are you are. Hey, erg-sweat-leaver-launch-crapper ... Stop it already. It's not funny. It's just wrong on so many levels.]
Finally, if you are sick with a flu-like illness, stay home until you have been symptom-free for at least 24 hours or diagnosed as non-contagious by your physician.
For the latest on the H1N1 flu virus, including symptoms and what you can do to protect yourself, your family, and your community, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website at http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/sick.htm.
PBC Members:
This issue cannot be overstated. We’ve seen too many instances of post-workout puddles on the floor and ergs, the locker rooms being used as personal drying racks, and general carelessness regarding cleanliness around the house. Please remember we are all sharing the boathouse - do NOT be so inconsiderate as to leave your mess behind for someone else to clean. And if we happen to run out of supplies for the ballroom, then be creative and use paper towels from the bathroom, or even your own shirt if you have to. Leaving your mess behind is NEVER an option.
Bob