Friday, September 11, 2009

Germy Wormy giveaway

GERMY WORMY
I recently reviewed the wonderful product Germy Wormy and you can read that review here Just in time for the flu and allergy season Germy Wormy has notified me that they would love to offer one of Annies Home readers the Germy Wormy DVD and a 10 pack of the sleeves.
Let me share a few facts that the CDC has published as late as September 4, 2009.





  • More people have visited their doctor for influenza like illness as of late. In February during the 2008-2009 flu season the doctors visits were at their highest, In April 2009 the new 2009 H1N1 virus emerged and the numbers of doctors visits rose. In the summer the numbers of doctor visits lowered but the numbers were still higher than what is normally expected in the summer.

  • The total number of people hospitalized due to influenza are higher than the normal expectations during this time of year

  • Most state health officials are reporting regional or sporadic influenza activity with six states (Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina) and Puerto Rico are reporting widespread influenza activity at this time. Any reports of widespread influenza activity in August are very unusual.

  • Almost all of the influenza viruses identified were the new 2009 H1N1 influenza A viruses. These 2009 H1N1 viruses remain similar to the viruses chosen for the 2009 H1N1 vaccine and remain susceptible to antiviral drugs (oseltamivir and zanamivir) with rare exception.


Presented with the facts the question is now what do we do to help from getting sick? With the number of those getting sick rising what exactly can we do to protect our selves and those that we love.




  • Wash your hands frequently with soap and water may use alcohol based sanitizers. Avoid putting your hands close to your nose or mouth (this is where germy wormy would be useful for your little ones)

  • Cover your nose and mouth every time you cough or sneeze, and avoid anyone coughing or sneezing (once again germy wormy has the tools to teach your little ones)

  • Face masks can be used when in crowds or when helping a sick person, they are not needed when not around others. They prevent you from inhaling contaminated air.

  • Also, the use of the antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza can help prevent the disease from 70 to 90 percent. Recommendations for using antiviral drugs for treatment or prevention of swine influenza will change as we learn more about this new virus. (the problem with this is that many people are allergic to Tamiflu so prevention if at all possible is the key)
Germy Wormy wants to help you to teach your children how to protect their selves and the ones they love from the terrible germs that cause flu and sickness.

watch a short snippet of the germy wormy program at work


As I said Germy Wormy would love to offer one of Annies Home readers a chance to win the DVD and 10 pack of sleeves. In order to enter you must tell me why you would love to win the Germy Wormy package.

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Contest starts now and will run through October 1, 2009 Remember email must be on blog or in comment. Good luck to all

28 comments:

  1. I would love to win this for my dottie to absorb more on the imp of being careful esp at school

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  2. I would love to win this because I know that my children would use these at school or where ever they go for germ reduction!

    roxxyroller(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  3. I tweeted!

    http://twitter.com/coolcanucks/status/3926354007

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  4. I own CoolCanucks.ca, which is a Canadian Contest and Freebie site. This giveaway is posted here:

    http://forum.coolcanucks.ca/22488-annies-home-germy-wormy-dvd-giveaway-oct1-canada

    roxxyroller(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  5. The influenza is getting worse in my country. I want to win this so that I won't inhale contaminated air.

    aikychien at yahoo dot com

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  6. I’m a follower.

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  7. Subscribed via RSS.

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  8. I'm following you on Twitter @aikchien

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  9. I tweeted.

    http://twitter.com/aikchien/status/3952833585

    aikychien at yahoo dot com

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  10. My daughter has just started preschool and I've been trying to tell her about germs, but I don't know how much she understands. This would be a great way to reinforce the message.

    xpsundell at gmail dot com

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  11. I follow your blog.

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  12. I'm a subscriber using the address below.

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  13. I follow on twitter (thxmailcarrier).

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  14. I would love to win b/c I think kids need to know how to wash properly and protect from the spread of germs. This could help. I don't want any sickies in my house this winter.

    kayshem@hotmail.com

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  15. I subscribe to your blog.

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  16. I follow your blog.

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  17. This would be great for my daughter because she a toucher and has to tough everything!!

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  18. my son would really do well with this!

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  19. i'd love to win because it would help teach my kids how to protect themselves from germs

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  20. I'd love to win this for my granddaughter. she is pretty clean for a 4 yr. old. but I think this would motivate her more.

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