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	Can your kid catch swine flu from Santa's lap?

EddieIsSteady

11-15-2009 9:42 AM

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11-15-2009 2:38 PM

lollipop10

yikes.
and that is one sorry looking Santa

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#66ff00;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/49b1bbf7-a219-42b8-8d4e-bc2e07fd0595/92EB17B2-5CE9-4470-B280-138C5237F17D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=117514&catid=8" href="http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=117514&catid=8" style="font-size: 11px;">www.wtsp.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=117514&catid=8">Swine Flu and Santa: Can your kid catch it from his lap?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=117514&catid=8"><P>With so many kids getting up and down off of Santa's lap all day long, are you worried that your child could catch swine flu from this time honored tradition?</p> <P>Are you hoping that malls, and even Santa, take extra precautions to make sure the areas are properly sanitized?</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.wtsp.com/genthumb/genthumb.ashx?e=3&h=240&w=320&i=/assetpool/images/081129091647_breakfast-with-santa.jpg" href="http://www.wtsp.com/genthumb/genthumb.ashx?e=3&h=240&w=320&i=/assetpool/images/081129091647_breakfast-with-santa.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">www.wtsp.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wtsp.com/genthumb/genthumb.ashx?e=3&h=240&w=320&i=/assetpool/images/081129091647_breakfast-with-santa.jpg"><IMG src="http://www.wtsp.com/genthumb/genthumb.ashx?e=3&h=240&w=320&i=/assetpool/images/081129091647_breakfast-with-santa.jpg" alt="http://www.wtsp.com/genthumb/genthumb.ashx?e=3&h=240&w=320&i=/assetpool/images/081129091647_breakfast-with-santa.jpg" /></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=117514&catid=8" href="http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=117514&catid=8" style="font-size: 11px;">www.wtsp.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=117514&catid=8"><P>Dr. James Orlowski is the head of Pediatrics at University Community Hospital and says bacteria and viruses can live up to eight hours in clothing. "His beard, his hair, his clothing, and his Santa suit can all harbor a virus and other organisms," said Orlowski. Organisms like MRSA and staph all can be transferred.</p> <P><O:P></O:P>The International Plaza in Tampa is the first shopping center in Tampa to host Santa. Management has been vigilant about placing disinfectant at touch points around the mall and around Santa but, even with extra measures, parents will have to draw a line in the snow this flu season when it comes to Santa. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/92EB17B2-5CE9-4470-B280-138C5237F17D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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