Via the Los Angeles Times: Schools prepare for swine flu, urge "Dracula sneeze". Excerpt:
The start of the school year will undoubtedly bring a rise in H1N1 infections, health and education officials said today as they urged parents be vigilant in practicing precautionary measures like hand-washing and the “Dracula sneeze” (sneezing into the inside of your elbow).
I am all in favour of this technique (and I admire the vampire branding, which Twilight's millions of fans will adopt at once).
But not long ago I saw a bright young man sneeze into his left elbow and then fold his arms...putting his right hand smack into his virus-enriched elbow.
