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How To Stop Spreading Germs By Coughing Into Your Elbow
If you learn to cough into your elbow you can help to stop the spread of infectious diseases like H1N1, swine flu, and colds.
When you cough or sneeze, the natural first reaction is to cover your mouth with your bare hand. We certainly don't want to spray our germs out into the air -- that would be rude!
However, when we cough into our hands we are now contributing to the #1 way in which germs are transmitted.
Think about it: You're sitting at your desk at the office. You cough and cover your mouth with your hand. Now your hand is covered in germs.
So you wipe your hand on your pants. However, germs can last for hours on your skin. Then you type on your computer keyword and use your mouse.
Your co-worker comes up to you and wants to show you something on the computer. So she reaches over and starts typing on your keyboard and using your germ-covered mouse!
That's how easily germs are passed around!
So what should you do? Experts as well as medical organizations like the CDC recommend if you don't have a tissue available that you cough into your elbow or upper sleeve. There is a LOT less chance that you'll pass germs along that way since it's much harder to touch other objects with your elbow.
Teaching kids this cough-into-elbow habit can start them on a lifetime of reduced germ spreading as well.
To help teach kids about coughing -- and sneezing -- into their elbow you can check out this very interest site. It's called Germy Wormy and they offer an educational DVD to teach kids are germs are spread. Here is a short clip:
In addition, they have a patented sanitary sleeve guard that helps to train kids to cough into their elbow. A very simple and ingenious product!
So the next time you feel the urge to sneeze or cough, aim for your elbow and not your bare hands!
Check out Germy Wormy below.
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