How Do You Fend Off the Flu?

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Aside from getting the flu shot, how do you outsmart the wily virus? Hoard hand sanitizer? Dodge door knobs? Or quietly slink away from coughing commuters? Dr. Nicole Bouvier, a flu researcher at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, talks about what works—and what doesn’t—in avoiding influenza.

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Nicole Bouvier

Nicole Bouvier is an assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, New York.

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About Christopher Intagliata

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Christopher Intagliata was Science Friday’s senior producer. He once served as a prop in an optical illusion and speaks passable Ira Flatowese.