Why not take a simple step and reduce your chances of being sick or worse (and also reduce the possibility of harm to those you care about)?

Washing your hands with soap and water is one of the simplest, most effective things you can do to reduce the spread of flu, colds, and other contagious diseases!

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Shouldn't a graphic like this be on all school, library, and other communal mirrors, on hospital and clinic mirrors, airline bathroom walls, etc., worldwide, along with warnings about the dangers of picking or touching one's nose or touching one's eyes? (These are often the major ways that diseases are spread.)

(And of course, door knobs, bathroom faucets, toilet handles and other commonly-touched risky surfaces should be frequently sanitized, perhaps by using a bleach solution, Lysol, etc.)

For more information call Caleb Burns, PhD, at 503 288-4558. To return to Caleb's Homepage (to see about first aid charts in telephone books, smoke detectors in school bathrooms, etc.), please click: http://www.teleport.com/~calebb/