Doing It Right

Cold and flu season is here, filling the streets with a great chorus of coughing, dripping, hacking, sniffling humanity. And there's one cheap, easy, clinically proven way to avoid joining them. Wash your hands.
Here's the drill: Scrub vigorously with water and soap for about 20 seconds until lather appears, making sure to get between your fingers and fingernails. Use a nail brush if you have one.
Briskly dry with a towel. Do it often and you'll stay a lot healthier 24 percent less like to get a respiratory illness and 45 percent to 50 percent less likely to get a stomach bug

**FYI: When people wash their hands, only 33 percent use soap and only 16 percent adequately wash. The average hand-washing time is 11 seconds.