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Re:2,000 students at Washington State University report flu ... by ars on Sunday September 06, 2009 @07:30PM (#808303)
> Wash your hands. Sneeze or cough into your elbow instead of your hands. If you're sick, for the love of health, please stay home and isolate yourself instead of sharing your germs with your coworkers.

Why? If this thing is a contagious as it seems to be, there is no point in doing this. Pretty much everyone is going to get it from one source or another.

Let's fight useful battles, instead of making everyone think they are doing some good, when they are doing nothing effective.

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Re:2,000 students at Washington State University report flu ... by joeyo on Sunday September 06, 2009 @08:27PM (#808354)
This is nonsense. If it's as contagious as it's purported to be then washing your hands and staying home when you are sick are precisely the things that you should be doing. These simple measures have a real, measurable impact on public health. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_washing_with_soap
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Re:2,000 students at Washington State University report flu ... by ars on Thursday September 17, 2009 @05:28PM (#828990)
It's obviously way late to post this here, but I was right - hand washing does nothing for the flu: http://www.newsweek.com/id/215435
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