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The first product we tested was Germy Wormy, a disposable sleeve designed to catch and keep germs off little hands.
The kids seemed to like Germy Wormy and so did their teacher.
“We get unexpected sneezes,” explained Ebony Ahmad. “I think it’s fantastic.” |
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Dr. Marcus Degraw, a pediatrician, likes them. “I think it’s a decent idea,” Degraw said. “It does reinforce and establish that habit of them sneezing or coughing into their elbow instead of onto their hands or into a hanky or something else.” |
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Parents Magazine - October 2009 p 32
We were skeptical when we first saw this product. Why would you put what looks like a diaper on your kids sleeve? But it's smart.
The Germy Wormy reminds your child to sneeze and cought into the crook of her arm, not her bare hand, to prevent the spread of H1N1.
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Sick kids will cough, sneeze and drip on every item in the house until everybody else is sick, too. The CDC recommends coughing into the elbow, but not many 5-year-olds have received that memo. Now you can equip the little flu factories in your life with a Germy Wormy, a disposable sleeve (made of the material found in disposable diapers) that fits over a child's elbow. Company founder Margaret Back of Menifee, Calif., says she hasn't had a cold since her 6-year-old daughter started wearing Germy Wormies two years ago. Before that, she told her daughter to cough on her shirt. "I started using Germy Wormy so I wouldn't have to change her shirts five times a day," Back says. |
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 Kindergartners and first-graders at Ridgemoor Elementary in Sun City learned Friday that germs can come from toys, door knobs and game controllers-basically anything their little hands touch.
“This age is very visual,” First-grade teacher Denise Bassett said. “When she used the green stuff to demonstrate the germs, it really opened their eyes.” |
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Howard Ludwig sees an end to his suffering during cold and flu season. "......At first, I thought this product was ridiculous. But the more I thought about it, the more sense it made. Kids are typically taught to cover their mouth and nose when they sneeze. This is usually done with their hands. Then, they wipe their freshly, sneezed-upon paws on their pant legs, the refrigerator door or into their eyes......."
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Menifee mom Margaret Back was tired of her preschool-aged child getting sick all the time and then passing those germs on to her. She learned from the Centers for Disease Control Web site that kids should sneeze into the crook of their arms - not in their hands - to prevent spreading germs......
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