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Title: How is the 'flu caught in the first place?
Post by: thedoc on 15/11/2011 16:23:03

How is the 'flu caught in the first place?
Asked by David Wood, Facebook


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Title: How is the 'flu caught in the first place?
Post by: thedoc on 15/11/2011 16:23:03

We answered this question on the show...



John -  Again, we don't know in a great detail.  I mean, clearly of course, if you sneeze, then you're producing a lot of virus into the immediate vicinity of you.  So, coughing and sneezing –being symptomatic - those symptoms probably do aid the spread of the infection quite a lot.  That’s why you know, blowing your nose in a tissue and disposing of it properly is a good idea. But in detail, we don't know.  It’s incredible that we don't know very well but we don't.