0:00:00.770,0:00:03.063 (male narrator) [br]Please take this opportunity 0:00:03.085,0:00:06.218 to adjust the volume [br]on your television set. 0:00:06.484,0:00:07.285 [man inhales sharply] 0:00:07.285,0:00:08.202 [coughs twice] 0:00:12.693,0:00:13.963 (male narrator) [br]Millions of disease-causing germs 0:00:13.963,0:00:15.323 [sound of sneeze in background] 0:00:15.323,0:00:16.984 are launched into the atmosphere 0:00:16.984,0:00:19.254 every time someone coughs or sneezes. 0:00:20.520,0:00:21.254 It is customary 0:00:21.474,0:00:23.650 to cough and sneeze into one's hands, 0:00:23.959,0:00:26.022 supposedly to prevent [br]the spread of germs. 0:00:26.229,0:00:28.543 But germs get onto the cougher's hands, 0:00:29.294,0:00:31.234 and are spread to telephones [br]and doorknobs, 0:00:31.825,0:00:34.124 and from there they are spread [br]to other people's hands 0:00:34.428,0:00:35.761 and mouths 0:00:36.766,0:00:38.056 and who knows where else. 0:00:38.816,0:00:42.266 The best place to cough is into fabric, 0:00:42.977,0:00:44.919 such as one's sleeve, [cough, cough] 0:00:45.266,0:00:46.703 [squeaky sounds] [br]where germs are trapped 0:00:47.417,0:00:49.624 while they desiccate and die. 0:00:51.690,0:00:52.634 But people in polite society 0:00:52.992,0:00:54.148 do not cough into their sleeves. 0:00:54.148,0:00:55.233 [woman sneezing] 0:00:55.378,0:00:57.457 Such behavior is frowned upon. 0:00:58.920,0:01:00.198 The purpose of this video[br][woman sneezing] 0:01:00.262,0:01:02.726 is to make coughing into one's sleeve fashionable, 0:01:03.737,0:01:05.235 and even patriotic. 0:01:05.514,0:01:08.649 It's the right thing, the polite thing to do. 0:01:09.830,0:01:11.522 You will now see four excellent, 0:01:11.786,0:01:13.367 slightly different coughing techniques 0:01:13.697,0:01:16.150 executed first into the right sleeve[br]and then into the left. 0:01:16.150,0:01:17.396 [man coughs repeatedly] 0:01:18.876,0:01:20.426 The technique will vary 0:01:20.681,0:01:22.250 depending on your dimensions, 0:01:22.250,0:01:24.430 the flexibility of your joints, 0:01:25.135,0:01:26.807 whether you are wearing long [br]or short sleeves, 0:01:27.808,0:01:30.000 and your ability to cough at an angle. 0:01:32.705,0:01:34.248 Notice the slight change of position [br]during a sneeze, 0:01:34.248,0:01:35.563 [man sneezes][br]A-choo! 0:01:35.563,0:01:37.031 with the nose a little lower. 0:01:38.877,0:01:41.124 You will now see a series [br]of coughs and sneezes 0:01:41.393,0:01:43.399 performed by random subjects. 0:01:43.810,0:01:45.624 Their coughs will be judged 0:01:45.914,0:01:48.011 by our panel of three [br]infectious disease experts: 0:01:49.107,0:01:50.324 Dr. Graham Stain, 0:01:50.929,0:01:51.871 Dr. Blood Hagar, 0:01:52.161,0:01:53.606 and Dr. Polly Morf. 0:01:55.565,0:01:56.765 First, the coughs.[br][woman coughs] 0:01:57.898,0:01:58.495 (female judge)[br]That would be a four. 0:01:58.850,0:01:59.470 (male judge 1)[br]That's a three. 0:01:59.561,0:02:00.408 (male judge 2)[br]3.4 0:02:00.671,0:02:01.237 (male judge 1)[br]It was way too close to the hands. 0:02:01.661,0:02:02.192 (female judge)[br]The left hand was needlessly contaminated. 0:02:04.233,0:02:05.452 [man coughs] 0:02:05.889,0:02:06.608 (male judge 1)[br]Ten, perfect! 0:02:07.108,0:02:07.891 (female judge) [br]Nine, great! 0:02:08.172,0:02:09.078 (male judge 1) [br]Hand on opposite shoulder 0:02:09.364,0:02:09.927 creates a mask at the elbow. 0:02:10.531,0:02:11.396 (female judge) [br]And no qualms about messing up his beautiful suit. 0:02:11.676,0:02:12.082 (male judge 2)[br]9.9, that's ideal. 0:02:12.752,0:02:13.906 [man coughs] 0:02:14.315,0:02:15.108 (male judge 2)[br]4.7 0:02:15.244,0:02:15.915 (female judge)[br]Five. 0:02:16.051,0:02:16.875 (male judge 1)[br]Four. 0:02:17.046,0:02:18.006 (male judge 2) [br]He should cough into his bicep. 0:02:18.171,0:02:18.795 (female judge)[br]The elbow's a bad target [br]for people with long arms. 0:02:19.324,0:02:19.792 (male judge 1)[br]Way too leaky at the elbow. 0:02:20.519,0:02:20.948 [woman coughs] 0:02:21.511,0:02:21.858 (female judge)[br]Eight, easy, practical. 0:02:22.418,0:02:23.168 (male judge 1)[br]Eight, I like it. 0:02:23.482,0:02:25.199 (male judge 2)[br]7.6, almost as good as the black suit guy. 0:02:26.077,0:02:26.872 [man coughs] 0:02:27.405,0:02:27.776 (female judge)[br]Pathetic, zero! 0:02:28.592,0:02:29.077 (male judge 1)[br]Awful, not fit for a health care field. 0:02:29.645,0:02:31.261 (male judge 2)[br]Oh, jeez, what planet did he come from? 0:02:32.260,0:02:33.483 (male narrator)[br]Now, the sneezers. 0:02:34.550,0:02:34.896 [man sneezes][br]A-choo! 0:02:38.299,0:02:38.860 (female judge)[br]Two, he contaminated his hands! 0:02:39.236,0:02:39.862 (male judge 1)[br]One. 0:02:40.372,0:02:41.032 (male judge 2)[br]3.5 0:02:41.378,0:02:41.988 (male judge 1)[br]Aw, yuck, why bother with the Kleenex? 0:02:42.703,0:02:43.703 (female judge)[br]Why do they always smile 0:02:43.703,0:02:44.703 when they're finished? 0:02:44.703,0:02:45.704 [woman sneezes][br]A-choo! 0:02:47.518,0:02:48.343 (male judge 1)[br]That's a one. 0:02:48.343,0:02:49.168 She should go and was her hands now. 0:02:49.168,0:02:49.994 (female judge)[br]Two. 0:02:50.212,0:02:50.804 (male judge 2)[br]Her right hand's more dangerous than her left. 0:02:52.744,0:02:53.714 [man sneezes][br]Ugh-a-choo. 0:02:54.273,0:02:54.996 (female judge)[br]Five, his hands got hit. 0:02:55.683,0:02:56.257 (male judge 2)[br]5.2, impractical. 0:02:56.880,0:02:57.223 (male judge 1)[br]Four. 0:02:58.470,0:02:59.883 [girls sneeze in unison][br]A-a-ah-choo! 0:03:01.005,0:03:01.599 (male judge 1)[br]Nine, wow! 0:03:01.599,0:03:02.193 Great germ entrapment. 0:03:02.193,0:03:02.789 (male judge 2)[br]8.9, nearly perfect. 0:03:03.233,0:03:04.338 (female judge)[br]Nine, great.! 0:03:04.338,0:03:05.443 But they messed up their hair. 0:03:05.443,0:03:06.549 (male judge 1)[br]Who let him back in? 0:03:06.834,0:03:07.766 [man sneezes][br]A-choo! 0:03:08.176,0:03:08.644 (male judge 1)[br]Get that guy out of here. 0:03:09.085,0:03:09.834 (female judge)[br]Disgusting, yuck. 0:03:10.148,0:03:10.991 (male judge 2)[br]He doesn't rate the time of day. 0:03:11.875,0:03:13.532 [woman sneezes][br]A-a-choo! 0:03:14.347,0:03:15.075 (female judge)[br]A perfect 10! 0:03:15.075,0:03:15.803 What more can I say? 0:03:15.803,0:03:16.532 (male judge 2)[br]9.9. 0:03:17.124,0:03:18.551 (male judge 1)[br]Ten, awesome. 0:03:18.551,0:03:19.978 She's the one to imitate. 0:03:19.978,0:03:21.406 (male narrator)[br]We must train ourselves 0:03:21.842,0:03:24.031 to cough into the nearest appropriate fabric, 0:03:24.810,0:03:26.107 which is usually a sleeve.[br] 0:03:26.107,0:03:27.404 [woman coughs] 0:03:27.404,0:03:28.702 Most health care garments 0:03:28.770,0:03:30.207 lend themselves well to this technique. 0:03:32.283,0:03:32.882 Unfortunately, [br][woman coughs] 0:03:34.782,0:03:35.967 many street clothes do not. 0:03:37.792,0:03:38.455 [sizzling sound][br]Sssssssss. 0:03:38.455,0:03:39.118 [woman coughs] 0:03:39.118,0:03:39.783 To avoid messes, 0:03:40.097,0:03:40.947 we should formulate coughing strategies 0:03:41.348,0:03:42.704 for the clothes and accessories [br]we are wearing each day. 0:03:42.704,0:03:44.060 [woman coughs] 0:03:44.060,0:03:45.418 (female speaker)[br]Oh, I could have saved my shirt 0:03:45.795,0:03:46.982 if I did that the first time. [sighs] 0:03:47.390,0:03:48.550 (male narrator)[br]Paper tissues are good cough recepticals 0:03:49.147,0:03:50.745 when they are placed [br]over the mouth properly. 0:03:51.438,0:03:52.878 But using them usually [br]results in hand contamination.[br] 0:03:52.878,0:03:54.318 [woman coughs] 0:03:54.318,0:03:55.760 They should not be re-used. 0:03:57.617,0:03:59.280 Handkerchiefs suffer 0:03:59.280,0:04:01.438 from the same hand contamination 0:04:01.438,0:04:02.966 and re-use problems, 0:04:02.966,0:04:04.464 and they have the additional disadvantage[br] 0:04:04.464,0:04:05.962 of poor accessibility. 0:04:05.962,0:04:07.462 [man sneezes][br]A-choo! 0:04:08.212,0:04:09.415 (female customer)[br]Ew, eeeww! 0:04:10.537,0:04:12.538 (male narrator)[br]From an infection control standpoint, 0:04:12.538,0:04:14.539 [woman coughs] 0:04:14.539,0:04:15.287 the perfect answer would be an armband[br] 0:04:15.864,0:04:17.383 that could be changed after each use. 0:04:17.894,0:04:20.049 However, society is not yet ready[br] 0:04:20.260,0:04:22.145 for such a radical change. 0:04:22.918,0:04:24.422 So, in keeping with the recommendations[br] 0:04:24.951,0:04:27.236 of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 0:04:27.977,0:04:30.056 why don't we just do it in our sleeves?[br] 0:04:30.908,0:04:32.151 [woman sneezes] A-choo! 0:04:32.368,0:04:32.949 (male narrator)[br]It's the right thing, 0:04:33.261,0:04:34.600 it's the polite thing to do. 0:04:34.930,0:04:36.274 [rock group performing "Johnny B. Goode"] 0:04:37.150,0:04:37.400 (male narrator)[br]And remember: 0:04:37.525,0:04:39.088 if you make a mistake and cough or sneeze 0:04:39.380,0:04:40.181 into your hands, 0:04:40.562,0:04:43.187 [man sneezes; [br]rest of group articulates disgust] 0:04:43.404,0:04:45.103 Aw, man, come on! 0:04:45.339,0:04:48.672 (male narrator)[br]Please, wash them immediately. 0:04:49.760,0:04:53.270 [water running]