TOP 5 FLU MYTHS

1. Sneezing into your hands keeps your peeps from getting the flu.

Sort of, the point of sneezing into your hands is more about turning your head away from others when you’re sneezing, preferably into your sleeve or a tissue. After sneezing you should wash your hands immediately with soap and water or a hand sanitizer so you don’t spread germs around.

2. Just wait until March and then flu season is over.

If you heard about a little thing called the Swine Flu, you’ll know it didn’t even get rolling until April. Flu season usually runs from October to early spring, which could be March or April depending on where you happen to live.

3. The Flu Vaccine will give you the flu.

Surprise, the vaccine is created from an inactive virus, so, no flu. The shot can give you a fright and possibly a sore arm, and you might feel a little sluggish for a day or two but you won’t get the flu.

4. Wet hair + cold weather = Flu

Wet hair will definitely make you feel cold and could potentially give you a head full of icicles but it won’t give you the flu. The flu is more common in winter time because we spend more time indoors with other people where germs spread. Temperature has nothing to do with it.

5. The flu keeps the Swine Flu away.

Uh, no. The Swine Flu isn’t regular old influenza, it’s a different strain with no vaccine. So that flu vaccine that you got a while back is no help for the Swine Flu.