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Medical Video: Cough and sneeze without infecting others
When you are coughing, you really should rest at home and take cough medicine until you feel better. However, you may be forced to leave the house and have to go to public places. Well, when you are in a public place, you should not cough carelessly.
Careless coughing can spread disease-causing germs to those around you. Yes, respiratory diseases such as influenza, whooping cough, tuberculosis, to SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) can be transmitted through water droplets that come out through coughing.
Many people who reflexively close their mouths with their palms when coughing. In fact, this method is actually wrong and can increase the risk of disease transmission, you know. Then what is the right and polite way to cough and what ways should be avoided?
Come on, see the correct coughing procedure in the following infographic.
