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Hitting the mall this weekend? Germs are waiting

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    Keep safe with advice from Dr. Siegel

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Aren't you planning on doing some holiday shopping today do you where in addition all of those great holiday deals you may end up getting more than you bargained for.

Because the mall can be -- hot spot for germs.

Doctor Mark Siegel is from our medical eighteen he's here to break it all down -- -- failure or I'm doing well OK let's go through -- Germany is places in the -- to -- on the -- for the first when you say is the air how much you know avoid the air -- go to the mall.

Where you can avoid it now look full disclosure I am not a -- before but when I start preparing for this I start thinking of all the Specter -- virus in the air this time of year.

The winter you happened with winter coming you have low humidity.

And the respiratory bug travel up to 12 feet so I am -- for hints and the -- as a washing your hands.

But for the -- I want you to take your flu shot if you haven't had -- yet and I want you to know little kids -- factories.

Of viruses and they start coughing and you can get hit with a virus twelve feet away -- -- -- -- -- -- -- coughing and -- at the -- You -- navigate around the coffers every -- -- cough into your elbow Dracula cough that's how to do it okay.

Next twice stores they're particularly Germany why.

Well mom is saying hey Johnny put that back in the box meanwhile -- is -- in this story.

I think next kid comes around -- -- brand new -- and this E.

Coli on that this bacteria so why put down these toys wipe wipe your hands if you touch and use those -- sanitize -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- And the person before you.

May not a washed his hands you say what a dangerous place is the cosmetic counter but of course they use all of the disposable Q tips -- that -- -- applying make up to -- -- I want women out there to know that disposable make up is probably okay there's no evidence that you're getting it from the makeup itself but the counters studies show.

Have 65 to a 100% of them have bacteria on so again use that disinfectant wipe the counter top down OK to use the disposable make -- Are the fifth place you say is of course the bathroom what it is we're not talking.

About the -- parts of the bathroom it's actually that handle as you're going in an out of the bathroom.

Well first of all the soap dispenser has a lot of bacteria on the towel dispenser not the towels but the tell dispenser and here's the part you really would never think -- You washed your hair and you used -- and senate does or.

You're are you way out.

You touch the doorknob with someone touched off in the way is with grungy can't use the senate to -- the disinfectant on the door -- or try to avoid it.

Maybe pushed the door open -- your way out.

Can't they can also take your paper towel that you just used and keep that in your hand it to open the door on your way -- than throwing over your -- You're a genius -- I knew about that's exactly agree -- there aren't you really thoroughly -- me out doctor signal.

Well get that hands and the cars that Eddie George shopping you have to this.

Shop online yeah that's CNN -- online Arianna is handled scads.

Is there this is just a precaution a -- -- -- -- people this -- to be cautious.

And you know.

The CDC says that if he used a sand hands sanitized as you cut down on your risk of infection by forty to 60% just isn't obvious somehow we do all survive a trip -- -- it should.

It will be effective -- it's a good reason why -- hard coming up yet.

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