there’s only one class today as it’s still early days.
i’ve finished downloading H0use MD and did an all day marathon with Shaz yesterday as part of our ongoing *cough*research*cough*. great stuff. we get to apply stuff we learnt and then some. turned out useful too when our bacteriology lecturer started asking questions and surprise surprise, we were able to answer them (well, most) after watching 10 or so episodes of H0use. 
Dr C0rmican’s grand. had us on our toes, asking questions and then giving out mysterious looking boxed thingamajig to those who were able to answer. and he stressed heavily on how easy it was for health workers to spread infectious disease if we’re not careful. and the minute risk of getting infected yourself. remember SARS?
once upon a time, in a nearby hospital, an elderly woman came into hospital after returning from Hong Kong—> complains of shortness of breath. no medical staff wanted to go near her. she was kept in a room and left by herself for 4 hours till one doctor with common sense came and diagnosed her with… guess what?
Pulmonary embolism.
it was a > 10-hour flight. she had DVT. deep vein thrombosis. and it took 4 whole hours. she could’ve died.
we’re here to treat people and most of them are SICK. so, it’s no use if you’re afraid of getting sick yourself. might as well choose another profession. or else, choose a different branch where you won’t have to see people. there’s always a risk of getting infected but as he said, it’s really quite minimal. as long as precautions are taken, then, there’s no need to be afraid. anyway, you’re most likely to die from a car crash than from getting infected with AIDS or anything like that.
one more thing, most infections aren’t transmitted by air. most are by direct contact. like my kindergarten teahcer use to say: wash your hands properly. you learn lots of important things then, don’t you?
so, the thing is, get over it. me, everyone else.
i sound like a health pamphlet.
