Minimizing Your Risk To Swine Flu

Minimizing Your Risk to Swine Flu These Link and This can provide you with more information on the new flu strain, including symptoms and precautions. In general, take a common-sense approach to flu avoidance:

Follow simple hygiene rules:

* Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.
Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.

* Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Use of alcohol-based hand-cleansers also can be an effective preventive measure.

* Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way. Avoid close contact with sick people:

* Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people