Flu Shot Week and Hand-Washing Awareness Week? Well, they do seem to go hand in hand…

Bad pun, sorry. But it’s true that both can prevent the spread of disease!

Hand washing is one of the easiest ways we can maintain good health. While hand sanitizer gels are readily available, as are cleaning wipes, the best defence is plain old soap and water—germs are getting resistant to the antibacterial hand soaps that are commonly around, so a plain old hand soap is the best bet (and might save you a few bucks, although they can be harder to find!). And, if you have chronic diseases that affect your immune system (which is a lot of them, like lung disease—including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cystic fibrosis, as well as any type of diabetes, and more), or take treatments that can impact you