FACTS

1. Flu influenza is typically contagious for 24 hours before symptoms appear, and continuous to be contagious for up to seven days.
2. Cold and flu spread more easily in cold winter months because they thrive in colder, less humid environments.
3. Cold and flu viruses are highly contagious and the contagious period begins immediately after infection. In the early stages of infection, a person with a cold or flu does not have symptoms like a blocked nose or coughing.
4. When an infected person coughs or sneezes, their cold or flu virus becomes airborne and survives for approx. one hour in the […]

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