Bird flu protection could be as simple as bowing instead of shaking hands.
Japan never suffered an outbreak of SARS despite being surrounded by countries where outbreaks occurred.
The most likely reason is that viruses like SARS and the bird flu are most commonly passed through hand to hand contact and in Japan it’s more common to bow than shake hands.
Hand hygiene is also promoted heavily in kindergarten and schools across Japan.
This combination of excellent hygiene and a lack of formal hand to hand contact could be huge factors in Japan’s avoiding the SARS outbreak and may hold one key secret to slowing a bird flu pandemic.
What most people don’t realize is that over 90% of respiratory viruses like the bird flu, the common cold and influenza get into your body through contact between your fingernails and the mucous membranes of your eyes and nose.
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