Child Health Month: Cough and Sneeze into your Sleeve!
October 16th, 2007October 1st is Child Health Day, but the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), once made quiet an effort to make the whole month of October mindful of Children’s Health issues. October is a great month for educational initiatives as children have settled into the school-routine and are still fresh in the academic year.
In honor of this event (and the fact that I recently was hanging out with two children with colds), please remember to cough and sneeze into your sleeve:
 Cough and Sneeze Into Your Sleeve |
People in polite society do not cough into their sleeves. Such behavior is frowned upon. The purpose of this video is to make coughing into one’s sleeve fashionable and even patriotic. It’s the right thing, the polite thing to do.
Not your hand, as you’re just putting germs onto the appendage you touch everything with, and that just doesn’t make sense.
So remember: Cough and Sneeze into your Sleeve!
I do that!
I’d never heard of or even though about this, until about 8 years ago, after my son was born. I’ve coughed and sneezed on my sleeves ever since.
As an OCD excessive-hand-washer, it’s nice to be able to sneeze/cough without contaminating my hands. Besides, my sleeves are already contaminated from opening doors with them (when a paper towel is not readily available). :)
This is how you’re taught to sneeze when you work in the restaurant industry, except I’ve always called it Sneezing Into My Elbow. Or, when the sneeze strikes quickly, I Sneeze Into My Armpit.
Don’t ask me how I sneeze in yoga class.
Kristina
God, how I wish everyone would do this. Covering the mouth with the hand has to be the stupidest thing on the face of the earth.