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    The Pulse: Test Your Cold and Flu Knowledge

    Video Transcript

    [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.

    [LAUGHTER] [MUSIC PLAYING]

    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.

    [MUSIC PLAYING]

    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.

    [MUSIC PLAYING]

    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.

    [MUSIC PLAYING]

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