Eight Hospital Employees Fired For Refusing Flu Vaccines

[SWTORFanatic]

173. No, bullshit

Amazingly, about 80% of infectious diseases are transmitted by touch. The CDC estimates that up to 49,000 people die from the flu or flu-like illness each year, and another 5,000 people die from food borne illness each year. And the best protection from this type of illness is frequent hand washing. The simple friction that occurs when you rub skin against skin, along with warm water and soap, followed by thorough rinsing, and drying, gets rid of the potentially harmful bacteria.

According to the CDC, the simple act of hand washing is the single most important means of preventing the spread of viral and bacterial infections. Yet some findings reveal that many Americans using public restrooms don't wash their hands before leaving. People also forget to wash their hands before preparing meals. They also grab snacks without thinking of hand washing.

http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/cold-guide/cold-prevention-hand-washing

EDIT: to say it is spread by droplets of snot and spit (sneezing and coughing) is not accurate. Yes, technically those parts of the body do have flu virus on them. But they get on your hands and you touch surfaces or people... who then touch their eyes or ears or mouths or noses.

Who coughs or sneezes in the direction of someone? Especially at 3 feet away? Virtually no one does that. I have been around sick people numerous times and ever since I learned that most diseases are caused by touch I have not gotten sick because I am careful about what I touch.