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Ways to Prevent Swine Flu
1 It’s the single best way to not get sick, experts say. “No matter how well you wash your hands, you still have to breathe,” says Robert Belshe, MD, professor of medicine and pediatrics at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine and director of the vaccine center at Saint Louis University, which is conducting clinical trials for the swine flu vaccine. “If you breathe in flu aerosol particles―which are invisible and can travel as far as 10 feet―you’ll likely catch the flu.” That’s why vaccines are so important: They prime your body to mount a flu-fighting response before you’re even exposed.
2 Even if you are exposed to swine flu (by using a germy pen at the post office, say), if you clean your hands before you touch your face, there’s little chance the germs can reach your eyes, nose, or mouth, the usual ways they enter your system and start wreaking havoc. “Washing hands is enormously effective,” says Wayne LaMorte, MD, a professor of epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health. One University of Michigan study found that regular hand washing can reduce respiratory illness transmission by more than 20%.
3 It appears that kids in schools are the ground zero of swine flu spread. Children ages 5 to 19 are responsible for the most transmission. If a child contracts the flu, about 40 to 50% of her family will likely develop clinical flu symptoms. Teach kids to lather up with soap and water after using the bathroom, after sneezing or coughing, and before every meal and snack. (Stash a bottle of alcohol-based hand sanitizer in their backpacks; it’s a good substitute if they can’t get to a sink.) If the kids are doing a group project and share materials, tell them to wash afterward. Finally, show your child the right way to sneeze: into a tissue, ideally, or into his sleeve―not his hands.
4 When was the last time you wiped down your desk or disinfected your phone? Chances are you don’t remember. About 41% of office workers say they rarely or never disinfect their desks, according to a new survey from Clorox in consultation with Corporate Wellness, Inc. To add to the sick factor, that’s despite the fact that two-thirds of people say they eat lunch at their desks at least once or twice a week. If your unclean desk harbors germs, you can pick them up (and get sick) while shuffling papers or answering the phone―and especially when you lunch right on top of them. To play it safer this flu season, University of Arizona microbiologist Charles Gerba, PhD, recommends that you use disinfectant spray or wipes. Schedule a standing reminder in your Outlook calendar to wipe down your desk after you eat.
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A.Attention should be paid to kids
B. The right way to sneeze
C. Vaccine-the best way to prevent the flu
D. Importance of disinfection around you
E. Hand washing works well
F. The right way of wiping your desk
正确答案:CEAD
27If you breathe in flu aerosol particles,
28If the germs don’t reach your eyes, nose, or mouth,
29If your child contracts the flu,
30If your unclean desk harbors germs,
A.you are not likely to catch the flu
B. you will probably catch the flu
C. half of your family member go under the risk of catching the flu
D. you are going to sneeze
E. he or she may die soon
F. you may pick them up when you eat lunch
正确答案:BACF
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