The Pulse: Test Your Cold and Flu Knowledge

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[MUSIC PLAYING]
INTERVIEWER
How do you sneeze? What's the great way to sneeze?

SUBJECT 1
Whatever way it comes out.

[LAUGHTER]

INTERVIEWER
Show me how you do that.

SUBJECT 2
Ah-choo!

SUBJECT 3
Tissue and--

SUBJECT 4
Probably one of those, you know?

INTERVIEWER
Into your elbow. Or what else?

SUBJECT 4
Yeah. Not your hand, because then you've got to touch people.

INTERVIEWER
That's right. OK. You could go into your elbow. Or you use a tissue to cover your nose and your mouth.

SUBJECT 5
Yeah, that would be ideal.

INTERVIEWER
OK.

SUBJECT 6
I have learned to do this, not do this.

INTERVIEWER
How do you sneeze?

SUBJECT 7
In your elbow.

SUBJECT 8
Do it into my arm.

INTERVIEWER
Into your arm.

SUBJECT 8
Yeah.

INTERVIEWER
Into your elbow.

SUBJECT 9
I usually just sneeze into my elbow like this.

INTERVIEWER
OK. Kind of the Dracula move. Is that right?

SUBJECT 9
Is that what that's called?

INTERVIEWER
They do! They call it the Dracula. Show me how you sneeze.

SUBJECT 10
Into your elbow.

INTERVIEWER
Into your elbow. You know what we call that?

SUBJECT 10
Dab.

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INTERVIEWER
How far can things fly out of our nose when we sneeze? Any idea?

SUBJECT 11
It's too far.

INTERVIEWER
It is far.

SUBJECT 9
50 feet sounds outrageous. But I'm going to go with that.

SUBJECT 3
Maybe a foot.

SUBJECT 10
15 feet.

SUBJECT 2
About three or four feet.

SUBJECT 12
I don't know, 10 feet?

SUBJECT 13
Like five feet or something. It's crazy.

SUBJECT 7
How far?

INTERVIEWER
About 26 feet.

SUBJECT 7
Ew.

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INTERVIEWER
Did you get your flu shots?

SUBJECT 1
Yes.

SUBJECT 14
Yeah.

SUBJECT 9
I did not.
INTERVIEWER
Why not?

SUBJECT 9
Just didn't want to.

SUBJECT 7
No.

SUBJECT 15
I did not.

SUBJECT 16
Which is bad, because she's a pharmacist.

INTERVIEWER
Can the flu shot cause the flu?

SUBJECT 1
Sometimes in some people. It depends on your immune system.

SUBJECT 2
I think it can.

SUBJECT 17
Perhaps. Well, I guess it's hard to say.

SUBJECT 9
Probably not, no.

SUBJECT 4
I don't think so, no. Because it's, supposed to at least, prevent it.

SUBJECT 18
Good question. I don't know. But they told me no.

INTERVIEWER
That's right. It does not cause the flu. Thank you.

SUBJECT 6
No.

SUBJECT 15
No, absolutely not.

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INTERVIEWER
Now, hand washing is key to avoid cold and flu. How long should we wash our hands for?

SUBJECT 4
You going to, ooh, sing the ABCs backwards.

INTERVIEWER
The ABCs backwards.

SUBJECT 4
I know that one.

INTERVIEWER
How do you do that? Sing that for me.

SUBJECT 4
Or I guess any direction, but the ABCs.

SUBJECT 15
Is it a full two minutes?

SUBJECT 19
You should wash it for--

SUBJECT 20
30 seconds.

SUBJECT 19
--singing the ABCs twice or something like that,

INTERVIEWER
How long does that take?

SUBJECT 19
Or happy birthday twice.

SUBJECT 12
30 seconds.

SUBJECT 21
30 seconds.

INTERVIEWER
Right. About 20, 30 seconds.

SUBJECT 14
15 to 20 seconds. You sing the happy birthday song.

INTERVIEWER
Happy birthday song. About 20 seconds.

[LAUGHTER]

That's right. All right. Thank you very much.

SUBJECT 1
That's it?

INTERVIEWER
You were great.

SUBJECT 1
Thank you.

SUBJECT 14
Thank you. Thank you.

SUBJECT 1
Have a good one.

INTERVIEWER
I can ask you a couple more if you want.

SUBJECT 1
Nope. Bye.

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