This news from the University of Rochester Medical Center "The flu hasn’t even hit hard yet this year, but it seems like everyone’s getting sick. What’s the deal?"
Metapneumovirus. Rhinoviruses. Coronaviruses. Parainfluenza. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Pronouncing the names of the microbes can be almost as difficult as bearing the illnesses themselves. They’re on doorknobs, faucets, and appliance handles all around you, and maybe in your nose and lungs too. Some of the viruses are also wafting through the air you breathe, looking to land in your eyes or nose and set up house inside your body. And those are just the respiratory germs – never mind Strep in the throat and ears, or Norwalk viral agents that attack the GI system, and so on.
While RSV may sound new, the best way to prevent it – washing your hands – is not.
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