There's more to preventing the flu than covering your mouth when you cough/sneeze and washing your hands. A New Study has struck again, and once again it's telling us something we don't want to know.

The flu can be spread by just breathing.

Researchers stalked studied 142 flu-riddled students and discovered that almost half of all "aerosol particles" (stuff coming out of your mouth/nose) that were NOT coughed out contained the flu virus.

That means that the flu can be spread by simply breathing.

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As if that wasn't enough, the study found that men breathed out more flu virus than women.

So if you see someone sick, avoid them altogether. Dr. Ned says so.

H/T: Time

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