How to duck the dreaded flu
Over the past two weeks you have either been ill, or have been exposed to the coughs, sneezes and spraying of germs across the room. That’s right. It is flu season and here we go again. Aren’t you just fed up with how flu debilitates you and takes you away from the sport you love so much and the hard work and progress you have made over the past few months. Quite frankly, if you have been training hard for a big competition and you have been hit by As your mom always told you, make sure you wash your hands before dinner. The only thing now is, you will wash your hands after every handshake, every boardroom meeting and every outing that involves you touching something. For example, sitting at a lunch table or using the bank’s computer. Don’t get carried away and be obsessive. You Wear a mask. Don’t laugh … OK, laugh. Because I too think it is funny but it does make sense that since the virus starts in your nose and then infects your body, wearing a mask will help prevent those nasty buggers from getting to your nose and mouth. I would say however, from fear of being a victim of a twitter troll outburst, it is probably safer to stay out of public places. If you have been invited to a conference consider yourself probably infected. If someone sneezes without covering their mouth, those airborne particles, along with the industrial aircon, will help distribute the virus over vast distances. the flu virus, it could literally mean the end of the world for you in that moment.
The question one must ask then is: is it possible not to get sick?
The likelihood of you getting sick can be equated to you not wanting to slip on wet tiles.
You can be as cautious as you want, but there will always be a wet spot lurking which you did not see. You can pump yourself full of vitamins and build your immune system to that of a Spartan warrior just need to take extra precaution because your big race is coming up and it means the world to you. When washing hands, make sure it has a germ killer like Dettol in it, or an alcohol-based hand sanitiser. Wash for at least 25 seconds which will give the soap enough time to destroy any virus that you might have picked up. For on-the-move activities, simply carry a small liquid alcohol gel in your pocket which is used to sterilise your hands. Let’s face it, when last have you seen your office colleagues wash their hands after they have been to the loo. The next best thing to keeping your workspace germ-free is by using a 16-microwatt UV light which has been proven to be 94.9% effective in killing or sterilising the flu virus according to an article published by Wladyslaw Kowalski in Modelling Immune Building Systems in Bioterrorism Defence Journal of Architectural Engineering, 2003. Later in 2012 Harvard professor James McDevitt conducted an experiment creating a UV barrier in the upper room airways. When influenza is sprayed out, they tend to travel to the upper atmospheres of a room. By concentrating UV lights in the upper areas of the room, McDevitt found a “98.2% reduction in influenza cases with the UV light on, to subsequent samples where the control sample with the UV light was off”. but even warriors can be humbled by a complex yet simple virus. There are four proven strategies you can adopt to help navigate the treacherous landscape. At least three of the four tactics you can get away with being socially acceptable, but if your marathon is a game changer, then do what you need to do to keep yourself healthy and in training. Installing a high-end air filter at home is a clever idea. As the air circulates, the air gets sucked in and purified thanks to Nano technology. Unfortunately, office aircons don’t have such luxuries installed, so your plan of action is to scour the room for the outlets and centralise yourself away from them or being directly underneath them. You can also put an air purifier on your desk.