I've been very proud to say that I've never missed a day of work due to illness or sickness. Well after 37 years I can no longer make that statement. I came down with a nasty case of the flu last week that knocked me out. I had a 102 degree fever for several days and ended up missing four days of work and the WESA trade show.
The week wasn't a total loss as I spent a bunch of time on some last modifications to the Easyboot Edge and a new riding boot that will become public knowledge soon.
Here are some things you can do to protect yourself during flu season.
Whether or not you got a flu shot, since it isn't 100%
effective, you should follow these steps to help prevent you and your
family from getting sick with the flu:
1. Wash
your hands often. Remember that one of the most common ways people
catch colds and the flu is by rubbing their nose or their eyes after
their hands have been contaminated with a virus. By washing your hands
often, especially:
-before, during, and after you prepare food
-before you eat, and after you use the bathroom
-after handling animals or animal waste.
-when your hands are dirty, and
-more frequently when someone in your home is sick,you may avoid getting sick yourself and keep your kids from getting sick too.
2. Routinely
clean, with soap and water, and disinfect surfaces, toys, and objects
that younger children may put in their mouths. It may also help to wipe
surfaces with paper towels that can be thrown away or cloth towels that
can be washed afterwards.
3. Use disposable tissues to wipe or blow your child's nose.
4. Teach
your children 'cough etiquette', which the American Academy of
Pediatrics describes as teaching 'your children to turn their heads and
cough or sneeze into a disposable tissue or the inside of their elbow
if a tissue is unavailable'.
5. Avoid close contact with people
when you are sick. It isn't really possible to completely avoid people
who are sick, so it is likely better if you just avoid exposing other
people to your germs when you or your kids are sick. So don't go to
school, daycare, work, etc., if you are sick with the flu.
6. Avoid
unnecessary contact with a lot of people for your younger children. It
isn't easy to always tell when people are sick and some people are
contagious even before they start to have symptoms, so don't expose
your younger kids to large crowds of people if you don't have to.
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