How to Avoid Catching the H1N1 (Swine Flu) Virus

Things You'll Need

• N95 Respirator Face Mask
• Fever medicine
• Vitamins C
• Prevention
• Stay at home away from other people.

Instructions

• Step One Wash your hands. The best thing you can do is wash your hands with warm, soapy water. In your mind, sing-a-song like Happy Birthday, while washing your hands. This will be the amount of time needed to wash your hands thoroughly. Hand sanitizer will help too.
• Step Two Sneeze into your elbow. If you cannot stop a cough or a sneeze from escaping your mouth, then give it the elbow. Sneezing into the bend of your arm will catch germs that normally your hand would get while covering your mouth and nose. Sneezing into your hands, sets others up to catch bad germs already invading your body. When you touch doorknobs or shake hands with someone you are giving more than an act of kindness.
• Step Three Do not touch your eyes, nose, and mouth. These are entry points for viruses. When you are tired try not to lift your glasses and rub your eyes, don't rub the palm of your hand up your nose if you get the sniffles, and don't chew on your fingernails because this information makes you nervous! Doing so are sure ways to let in the virus! Remember touching others like hugging and shaking hands will spread the wealth of germs to others.
• Step Four Take daily vitamins. By taking a multi-vitamin and extra vitamin c once a day you will increase your body’s ability to fight off bad germs.
• Step Five Do not go to a hospital for treatment for non-emergency injury and illnesses. The best place to catch a bad germ is in a hospital with many sick people and possibly carriers of the H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu). If you can wait to see your family doctor then do so.
• Step Six Avoid traveling by plane until the flu is under control and a vaccine created. Being confined in closed quarters is the perfect way to spread a virus. Do not travel to Mexico unless it is necessary; it is probably best not to go there at all. Airlines are allowing people to change their flights without charge to avoid trips to Mexico.
• Step Seven Wear a facemask to protect yourself and especially those who have health problems that low immune systems. There is no evidence the mask help, but they are a precaution to help prevent the spread of germs. If you live in an area that has suspected cases of H1N1 virus(swine flu) then wear a mask in public at work, on all city public transportation and air travel. The CDC has recommended N95 respirator mask. They can be purchased in stores or online. 
• Step Eight Spray Lysol in your house and your car. Spray on doorknobs, toilet seats and handles; pretty much any place of that a human touches. Do this several times a day and allow spray to stay a full minute in order to disinfect. To date there are no vaccines to help prevent the flu, however, the United States government officials have said Tamiflu and a few other vaccinations are helping those who have already contracted the virus. Here are a few precautions, not cures, to avoid getting H1N1 virus.

Tips & Warnings

• You cannot get swine flu (H1N1) by eating pork. Swine flu is an illness that swine get and now has developed into a virus that can affect humans.
• Avoid those who are sick and if you are sick stay home away from others.
• If you are diagnosed with H1N1 then quaranteen yourself and your family until the incubation period is over.
• The US Government is calling this virus H1N1 instead of Swine Flu. It is not a swine flu, it is a virus of a different sort that includes human, swine and bird DNA.
• Our farmers and agricultural businesses (swine and grains) are getting hit hard economically because of the "swine flu" label. This is spread human to human.
• Having a flu shot does not protect against this strain of the new H1N1 virus.
• Listen to the news daily on updates about the swine flu. Do not panic, but follow directions to avoid getting the flu.