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So let's talk about
what Influenza is.
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It's a viral infection.
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Would you mind just
underlining that for me?
Because a lot of people
get confused on that?
That's why you don't get
antibiotics for the flu.
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Influenza is a viral infection and
it attacks your respiratory system.
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So your nose,
your throat and your lungs.
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Now influenza is
commonly called the flu,
but it's not the same as the
stomach flu or a stomach bug,
that can be a virus that
causes diarrhea and vomiting.
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I know what you're going to
say some strains of the flu
do have a GI component
but not all of them.
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If we're talking
about influenza,
It's a very specific
viral family.
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Every time I see this picture,
it just grosses me out.
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If you want to know how
influenza is spread.
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There you go.
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Look at that glorious
array of droplets, right?
This is what can spread
influenza from one patient
to another patient.
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So droplets in the air
from an infected person
are inhaled by another person
or picked up from an object.
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Say a computer keyboard,
an ATM machine,
a grocery cart handle, or a pen.
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These are transferred
from those objects
and the person transfers them
to their eyes, nose or mouth.
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Hey before I go on,
think about the things that
you touch on a daily basis,
right.
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Keyboard of your computer
if it's a shared
computer at school,
who ATM machine if
you're getting cash,
multiple people have
touched that keypad.
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What about when
you're getting gas?
Keypad and the gas handle?
Yeah, I could go on and on.
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I don't want to
totally freak you out.
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But you do need
to be more aware.
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Listen.
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I'm a little neurotic.
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I don't use other people's pens.
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I use mine or if I do,
I use hand sanitizer
after I do because I know
that things can be
passed on to those pens
that I do not want to bring
back into my life or my body.