A sidebar lists precautions against influenza. These include bed-rest when ill, drinking warm fluids without alcohol and wearing warm bed-clothes, staying at home when sick, keeping fingers away from the nose and mouth, keeping non-food items out of the mouth, avoiding people who cough and sneeze freely, maintaining an arm's distance from people, avoiding crowds and crowded streetcars, consuming food and drink minimally in public, drinking only from paper cups or sterilized glassware, avoiding bars, and guarding coughs and sneezes from other people.Newspaper article