This flu seems to be spread by direct contamination rather than by casual circumstance which is good. It means the virus is at least 10 microns in
size. Smaller than this and it would float in the air and that would be very bad indeed. This broke out in late March in Mexico. Taking Mexico city
as a prime case example (20 million+ people). If the the contamination rate and following signs of infection were as the email claims, bodies would be
dropping like flies, the borders would be closed and the US would be under a state of national emergency. However, the virus is slow going in that it
needs direct contact with another person to become infected. So to stay safe, don't eat or drink after anyone. Don't shale hands. Don't kiss other
people casually. Don't put your hands to your face (except after a good hand washing). Don't inhale when someone coughs and move away from them.
Stay out of closed in areas full of people. And just keep washing your hands. I would get hand sanitizers. I use those Lysol hadi-wipes that kill
viruses. I keep them in my car so that I can wash after pumping gas or coming out of the store, etc. It will take constant vigilence to stay flu free
but it can be done. I will give you an example.
Last year my wife got a flu that was so bad she needed an inhaler to breathe. I put her in the bedroom and quarrentined her there. No one in and no
one out. All of her eating utensils were washed immediately after use. I wore latex gloves and a face mask when around her. I washed all of her
clothes in bleach and all of the bed linnen too. She eventually recovered, and I never got infected. After, I sprayed the bedrrom with Lysol
dis-infectant spray. All was well.
I found out that outside the body viruses are rather weak and don't last that long. It's only if they enter the body through the mouth, nose, or
eyes do they become strong. So just follow four basic rules and you have a chance to win the battle.
1. Keep your hands from your face.
2. Don't make contact with other people.
3. don't inhale when someone coughs and walk away. Worry about curtesy later.
4. Wash often (and get between your fingers and tips).





