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You feel a big sneeze coming and have no tissue. Where should it go?

Into your elbow, not your hands.

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  1. Into your elbow ✔
  2. Into your hands
  3. Into the air

Why: Hands touch everything, so germs on them spread fast. Sneezing into a tissue or your elbow keeps germs off your hands.

Huh, didn't know that: Cold germs can travel far through the air when someone sneezes.

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Answer: Into your elbow. Hands touch everything, so germs on them spread fast. Sneezing into a tissue or your elbow keeps germs off your hands.

  1. Colds (KidsHealth) kidshealth.org/en/kids/colds.html
    sneeze or cough into a tissue or their elbow, not into their hands
    Checked 2026-10-11.

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