United, Spirit offer higher pay to on board staff during January

Re:United, Spirit offer higher pay to on board staff during ... by jazzyjackson on Friday December 31, 2021 @04:14PM (#29752587)

It’s not recommended in US but apparently it’s big in Thailand, some 80% of the population making use of it as a part of traditional medicine (Hatha Yoga) - Thailand was famously doing very well for the first year (low case rates), but apparently they have since caught up.

One article with lots of interesting stats (get your Adblock ready): https://www.indiatoday.in/news-analysis/story/did-nasal-rins...

General details on the practice: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neti_(Hatha_Yoga)

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Re:United, Spirit offer higher pay to on board staff during ... by selimthegrim on Friday December 31, 2021 @05:14PM (#29753059)

Usually it is not recommended due to the risk of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleria_fowleri

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Re:United, Spirit offer higher pay to on board staff during ... by jazzyjackson on Friday December 31, 2021 @06:37PM (#29753681)

Thanks, I vaguely remembered some bad news about it but did not imagine it was brain eating amoeba ! Apparently all that’s needed to avoid this is using sterile saline solution or first boiling the water, but I don’t know whether the ol’ sacred texts include this bit of advice.

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