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     Diseases are generally transferred by some form of direct contact with a germ or by breathing in germs that exist in the air as droplet nuclei. So how can you stop the spread of these diseases? Getting vaccines is the best way to prevent disease but what happens if you get a disease and do not want to spread it?

     There are a few very basic techniques that you have probably heard of at least once in your lifetime:

• The CDC says the best way to stop the spread of a disease is to wash your hands with soap and water. The soap does not necessarily have to be antibacterial. Any kind of soap can prevent the spread of a disease. Washing your hands removes any bad germs that are on your hands. Hands have good germs as well that are not removed when you wash your hands.
• The next technique is covering your mouth with something other your hands when you cough. Just one cough can deposit 3000 droplets of nuclei into the air which other people can breathe in. Talking for 5 minutes and singing for 1 minute generates the same number of nuclei.
• Another technique to stop the spread of disease is to use a tissue when you sneeze and then, after blowing your nose, throw away the tissue in a garbage can. If you do not have tissue near you and you need to sneeze, the CDC says that you should not sneeze into your hands. You should sneeze into your shirt whether it is near your elbow or on your upper arm. Sneezing can generate tens of thousands of nuclei, which are spread when you sneeze. The droplets can reach over 10 feet away from the person who sneezed.
• The CDC also recommends that you keep your hands away from your eyes, nose, and mouth because germs can enter the body through membranes in these areas.