Everybody has had the cold before in fact you/kids can catch it 7/8 times a year. When you catch the cold, you feel bad and you look for relief.

How are infections passed from person to person?

The body uses the following to stop the cold germ:

1. Unbroken skin

2. mucous membranes

A. in the eyes

B. mouth

C. and nose

You must search your skin for cuts/sores because that is a good place for germs to enter. To catch a cold a few things need to happen as follows:

1. one the cold virus is present

2. two enough of the cold germ is present

3. three the germ passes through the correct entry site

4. and four the person is vulnerable to the germ. You get a cold, when all four things occur. If one thing is not present, you will not get a cold.

We can control the cold by keeping it away from us. The cold is highly contagious. When a sick person sneezes/coughs the droplets can reach up to 150 feet a second. When the moisture from the droplets dries, it leaves behind thousands of microorganisms. These germs can float through the air and contaminate surfaces. The virus can live outside the human body for up to a few days. You can catch it through Inhalation or through the following:

1. hand to mouth

2. Cut or sore

3. Nose

4. Eyes

5. Ear

6. Skin

7. Any open orifice of the body contact.

People inhale these droplets. And the virus spreads when people touch the dried germ after it falls to the ground. They then transfer the germ to their body.

The virus can stay infectious on a hard surface for up to a few days. A person can get it from hard/soft surfaces like the following:

1. paper

2. clothes

3. napkins

4. et cetera. a sick person could cough on their hand and touch the following:

1. doorknobs

2. toilet handles

3. a car door handle

4. coins

5. Any hard surface

5. or paper money and pass the virus. The person who later touches any of those objects and later touches the face could catch the virus.

The virus spreads easily in crowds. Everyone needs to cover their nose and mouth with a tissue when they cough or sneeze. Also, throw away the tissue right after use.

Cold symptoms will last for a few days. But they could last longer in children/elderly.

Symptoms of the cold include the following:

Symptoms

the Cold

Sneezing	People with a cold will sneeze more than a person with the flu but not enough to be a reliable sign.
Sore Throat	Common
Aches and Pains	Minor
How long does it take to start	A cold could take a few days to grow. If it takes a few hours from the start of symptoms, think the flu.
Tired Feeling	Mildly Tired
Coughing	Hacking  with a lot of mucus
Clogged Nose	A clogged nose is common Unless you have an allergy
Chest Discomfort	Mild Chest Discomfort

Here are some things you can do to help lower your chance of getting a cold. The cold is a mild form of the flu. You should not die when you catch it. Most people catch the cold a few times a year. Most people will not change how they live to stop from getting it. There are a few things you can do to help avoid a cold. It will be hard to teach small children what they can do to avoid a cold. They like to play with their friends up close. With teenagers small group pressure could make them not want to follow certain habits to beat the cold. Here are some things you can do to avoid a cold:

1. wash your hands often

2. In some cases wear a safety mask

3. Where safety latex/vinyl gloves

4. Isolate the sick one

If you wash your hands a lot some people think you have a mental problem. Also, if you wear latex/vinyl gloves, people think that you could be a deranged serial killer. Or they think you could be some kind of germ freak. A retail clerk might wear latex gloves because many germs could be on money.

Pick the time to go on high alert. If someone in the family catches a cold do the following:

1. put them in their own room

A. They should use their own bathroom. (Clean with mask & safety gloves)

2. Do not allow contact with others

3. if no mask, stay three to 5 feet away when giving them food

4. The caring person should wear safety gloves

A. And a mask

If a lot of people at work have a cold, make sure to wipe down work items like:

1. Desktops

2. Phones

3. Computers

4. doorknobs with sanitation wipes often.

Stay three to 5 feet from sick people because the big droplets in the air from people sneezing/talking cause the problem. Do not shake hands with sick people. If you do shake hands with a sick person, wash your hands as soon as po