Flu season takes a major toll on Americans each year, but few are aware of how the virus spreads in common areas.

1. How it really spreads
& how we can stop it
How it really spreads
& how we can stop it

2. Influenza is a persistent and potentially dangerous
virus that spreads quickly and can have real costs to
businesses, workers, students and the elderly. Consider
these three facts to learn how to stop the flu.

3. You catch the flu through the air.You catch the flu through the air.
usually through droplets made when infected people
cough, sneeze or talk1
Most people catch the flu
through airborne exposure
Air impurities
can travel
great distances2
1-3 Feet
Large
Infectious
Droplets Small
Infectious
Droplets
Infectious Droplets Nuclei
3-5 Feet 5-160+ Feet

4. Traditional prevention methods
aren’t enough.
Traditional prevention methods
aren’t enough.
Washing hands really is
wonderful for preventing
many diseases, such as
the common cold, but it’s
not very helpful to
prevent influenza.
Arthur Reingold
Professor of Epidemiology, University of California Berkeley4
During the 2014-2015
flu season, the flu
vaccine was only
19% effective5
Infectious diseases can be
accelerated by
HVAC systems6
2

5. Flu is costly.Flu is costly.
of US residents are infected
during each flu season7
Up to 20%
Work days are lost to the
flu each year9
17 million
in an office environment.8
A single carrier can infect
15% of people
3

6. Clean the air!Clean the air!
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