Good Health Habits Can Help Stop Germs And Prevent the Flu.

The seasonal flu vaccine protects against the influenza viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming season. There are several flu vaccine options for the 2018-2019 flu season.

Number one is of course getting vaccinated, the Flu Shot. But when you are out and about,

1. Avoid close contact.Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.

2. Stay home when you are sick.If possible, stay home from work, school, and errands when you are sick. This will help prevent spreading your illness to others.

3. Cover your mouth and nose.Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick. Flu and other serious respiratory illnesses, like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), whooping cough, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), are spread by cough, sneezing, or unclean hands.

4. Clean your hands.Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.

Flu Shots Without Needles! Via Mucosal delivery.

If you are like me, who cringes even to see a needle, is going to be presented with good news. We might be able to receive the flu vaccine without needles. According to new research conducted by an International team of researchers from Korea, Japan and France, we might receive the flu doze in the future through our noses or just dropping it under our tongues. Mucosal delivery, where the vaccine is administered in either the mouth or nose, is very welcomed by some health professionals - in part because it makes it so much easier to deliver, than trying to stab a child with a needle.
Experiments on mice showed that delivering the vaccine "sublingually" protected the rodents against flu without any obvious side-effects. It is thought this method may prove more effective than jabs as it protects the area where the virus first enters. The study appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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