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The "right way" to cough or sneeze might surprise you
Posted on Nov 28th 2006 7:58PM by Brigitte DaleFiled Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Celebs & Entertainment
How do you cough or sneeze in public? If you're like most Americans, you probably cover your nose and mouth with your hands, thinking you're being polite. Well that's all wrong, according to the Center for Disease Control. To prevent the spread of our germs to other people, the CDC recommends we start sneezing and coughing into a sleeve or other piece of clothing. There's even a new video explaining the technique that's a little funny, a little bizarre, and says the message about 5 times more then I felt was necessary. But honestly, it just make take that kind of repetition to make sneezing into your sleeve acceptable in our society.
