Sneeze Into The Elbow
May 20, 2009
Children especially need to be trained to sneeze or cough into the elbow, but adults are just as guilty of spraying the air or their hands with their germs instead of aiming for the elbow. The elbow, after all, does not touch things. Hands touch things so when one contaminates the hands with a cough or sneeze one spreads those germs on everything that gets touched. That is one important way that flus and colds are spread among the population. Touching the face, nose, or mouth with a germy hand is a sure way to get sick. Since children tend to forget about these matters, having hand wipes available in child care centers and schools can be preventive. Adults make it a reflex action to use the elbow and not the hands.
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