Swine Flu Alert: Use The Cough Pocket

Pediatrician Mom writes:

Most of us were taught in our younger years to "cover your sneeze," usually with the hand. The hand method is polite, but not the best way to prevent the spread of germs! Using your hand to 'catch' a cough ensures that whatever was just coughed up will then be sitting in your palm, ready to contact other items and people.

An even more polite method is to cover one's sneeze or cough with the inside of one's elbow [the cough pocket], minimizing the spread of germs...

Comments

[Margaret Back]

I agree.

To teach that to children, there is the Germy Wormy Germ Smart for Kids

www.germywormy.com

Please feel free to check out the site and spread the word - not the germs!