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What measures can we take/do you take, personally, to prevent the spread of disease? toc
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Madi
I personally try to wash my hands before and after every meal or when i have been out in some place public. Disease easily spreads everywhere. If someone coughs in their hand, then touches the hand railing on a subway, the next person to touch the railing is at a high risk of being contaminated with the same disease or sickness if they are not immune to it. To stop this from spreading, I try to wash my hands as frequent as possible with warm, soapy water and antibacterial hand soap for atleast a minute S to try and kill any harmful bacteria they I might have been exposed to. Some bacteria are resistant to water and antibacterial hand soap, so its up to my body to try and fight it. I choose this picture because it shows a picture of a girl sneezing properly, when people sneeze in their hands it increases the spread of disease when they touch something without washing their hands, but if you sneeze into a tissue or your arm joint pit, you dont regularly touch things with that so spreading of sickness is less likely Kyle: Nice answer Madi. I like the picture. Back to Top

Kyle
Some ways I protect myself from harmful bacteria are, for example, when you are going into the subway, and there are railings to hold on to to get down the stairs, and especially the railings you hold on to during the subway ride. I usually limit myself from touching those, because just think of how many people have touched that railing in the last year. Another precaution I take is that I barely or don't at all use antibacterial hand soap, because the bacteria could conjugate and then they would be immune to it. Thats why I use normal ol' soap. Instead of just killing the bacteria off my skin, I wash it down the drain with the soap. Other precautions I take, for example, are blowing my nose whenever I can, so I don't get that nasty mucus all over the place. I also try to quarintine to the house when I get the flu, or the cold so no one else can get it from me. I take care of what I touch, and by what I know, I think that it has helped me.

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Caroline
I often have the problem of breathing in other people's coughs and sneezes. I don't do it on purpose, I can't help it. I sit in the very front of my bus so I can see the road and stuff. That's ok, no, that's great, until my bus driver sneezes. I don't want to offend anyone here, but I don't like him very much, and when he sneezes, he sneezes these ginormous sneezes like "a-CHOO!" and most of the time repeatedly sneezes like a manic for at least a minute. It's disgusting. He doesn't even cover his nose! He just sneezes onto the steering wheel like he owns the place. and I don't put my hands up to my face since I don't want to be rude, so I try not to breath as much as possible. After a while, I want to pass out. I don't sneeze into the air unless I am by myself in an open room. The bus is full of people with no windows. Luckily, I'm also the first one off, so I run off the bus and shake myself. It's really disgusting. I try not to spread any of my harmful pathogens by sneezing into a tissue, hands, or elbows. I also try not to touch anyone or anything else after I sneeze since I don't want to spread germs. Other precautions that I take are that when I'm sick, I just stay in bed, and don't go to school. I make sure that I stay at home for at least 24 hours after my sickness has subsided.

Here is the link : [] I chose this picture because this little girl is sick in bed - not at school - and has a lovely little box of tissues to sneeze in. In regards to Kyle's post: I agree with you on your whole post, but I think that your bit about the railings were the best. It's true, billions of hands touch them, and where could those hands have been? It looks like those railings are nice little things that you rest your arms on, but no, they are teeming with germs!

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Daniel
I prevent from getting sick by having short, clean nails. A pair of clean hands( which I wash every time after, before eating). The most important part is that I keep my STUFF clean. Every time when my friends comes to play, then left. I will clean the controllers using alcohol. I clean my computer, phone everyday. You never know what will get on it, disgusting. And I keep away from people who coughs and sneezes, so that diseases can't get me! I don't like to use liquid soap, I don't think it works very well, I like using those solid ones, I think they are more effective. Well, to prevent getting sick you must first have a good habit of keeping yourself clean and tidy! Nobody likes to stay with dirty people. I will wash my hands even more often because of this lesson, I learned how dirty I truly am. I nearly got sick these days, I think it is because I have a good habit of keeping myself clean.

image: http://www.gasdetection.com/news2/washing_hands.jpg

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Santiago
Some stuff that we can do to prevent getting sick or to spread a disease its to wash your hands at least three times a day with normal soap. Covering your nose with your elbows or an upper part of your arm when you sneeze or cough. That way when you shake hands with someone you wont transmit the bacteria to that other person. Also if you are sick and you know that other people around you can get sick through person- to-person its better for you and other people that you rest in bed for a few days so other people wont get sick. Back to top

Ray
One measure we can take is washing our hands before meals and after using the bathroom. It is especially effective if you use soap and warm water. Another thing we can do is instead of coughing or sneezing into your hand or something, cough or sneeze into your elbow or a tissue. If you cough or sneeze into your hand and then you touch something else, the next person that touches that something else could get your germs. We can also prevent getting diseases by not sharing food/drinks. When you know someone is sick, try and stay away from them and not make contact with them. I personally do all the above.

http://www.fun-fitness.com/Images/WashingHands.jpg

I chose the picture above because it shows one thing you can do to prevent yourself getting a disease: washing your hands.

In regards to Santi's post: Your whole post makes sense, except for maybe the washing your hands at least 3 times a day part. Wouldn't you want to wash your hands before meals and after using the bathroom, too? Anyways, good job. Back to top

Travis
What measures can we take/do you take, personally, to prevent the spread of disease?

One measure we can take from preventing from contaminated object, is not to share your personal stuff with others while you are sick. For example: bite your pencil, tooth brush, use same needle for same person, dirty surface, cell phone. Some can even be the object that you use every day. If you are sick and you share maybe your tooth brush with a family member, then the person that uses the tooth brush will get the germs of yours and the sickness. The sickness is not that bad but its just the sickness that you have, like its been past on. To prevent this from happening, you should not share your personal stuff unless it important, clean your phone before you talk and after you talk, you don't know where the phone has been, needle can only be use once for person, don't bite your pencil its gross and its bad. If you do these kind of things then you don't need to worry about anything. I choose this picture because if you use the needle twice for different person then they would be in a terrible condition. http://www.citris-uc.org/files/imce-u10/needle.jpg In regards to Ray's post: Your post is great and I agree about when you said that you need to wash your hand every day and even before you have a meal.

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Brittany
There are a lot of ways that infectious diseases can spread. One way is through contact with infected animal. If your dog had rabies and it bit you, then you’d be infected with rabies. You could die. But people do stuff to prevent the spread of disease through animals. People who have pets usually give them shots and medications to cure and prevent bad diseases. Just in case the pet bites, the result won’t be as bad as it would’ve been if the pet didn’t get the shots. By giving pets shots and medications, the chance of getting a disease caused by animals [] This is a picture of a dog biting a guy’s arm. I think the dog has its shots. The owners are still weird. In regards to Travis's post: I think you are right about how your stuff is always dirty, especially a needle used to go through someone's skin. Back to top

Deric
One personal measure we take to keep clean is to not share things that you use with your mouth like bottles, food and other objects contaminated by mouth. This is because saliva can pass on through any contaminated object. If your best friend was sick and you had no clue and you liked sharing food. You would get sick easily. Of course you best friend would usually tell you since he/she is your best friend arn't they? To prevent all these small things that make big problems, you can of course not share your water bottle or anything you use that is in contact with your mouth. That is all you need to do to prevent this little thing from happening. [] This represents a bottle and it is so nice looking...Well it kind of shows that once you drink from the bottle, it will contaminate it. In regards to Brittany's post:I got bitten by my dog once since he was super hyper(german shepard). It wasn't one of those playful bites...I do think animal bites are quite dangerous and they happen all the time. Good topic you chose. Back to top

Kira
One measure I take in preventing disease is not sharing drinks & food with my friends/family. You never know where their hands or mouths have been. Since learning about viruses and bacteria I now always make sure the object I use are clean. I have stopped sharing food and drinks with my friends and family. If I share a drink with my friends or family I make sure they don’t drink before pouring me a bit in the cup. http://www.bbqreport.com/wp-content/resources/pepper091305.jpg

This picture relates to what I am saying because I like Dr. Pepper and so does my mom and sometimes she sips from my drink but not any more. :)