Subject: How to Prevent H1N1 - Best Adviceso Far（如何预防H1N1 - 来自医生的忠告）
Friends,
        Please realize that this is not an official advice, especially the oneabout face masks or N95.  Most N95 respirators are designed to filter 95% particulatesof 0.3µ, while the size of H1N1 virus is about 0.1µ. Hence, dependence on N95 to protect againstH1N1 is like protecting against rain with an umbrella made of mosquito net.
        N95口罩是用来阻隔95%的0.3µ微粒,，而H1N1病毒的大小是0.1µ左右。所以，靠N95口罩防H1N1就像用蚊帐来挡雨。

        Tamiflu does not kill but prevents H1N1 from further proliferation tillthe virus limits itself in about 1-2 weeks (its natural cycle). H1N1, like other InfluenzaA viruses, only infects the upper respiratory tract and proliferates (only) there. Theonly portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/ throat. In a global epidemic of thisnature, it's almost impossible not coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions.
        克流感不是用来杀死H1N1病毒 ，它只能抑制病毒在其1-2周的自然生存周期中繁衍H1N1跟其他Ａ型流感的病毒一样，感染部位只限于上呼吸道，并在那繁殖
它的唯一入侵途径是口鼻喉，这种全球性的流感，几乎无人能置身事外。 

       Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as proliferation is.
        但接触到H1N1病毒，并不像H1N1传染的问题那么严重。
        While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection,in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondaryinfections, some very simple steps - not fully highlighted in most official communications- can be practiced (instead of focusing on how to stock N95 or Tamiflu):
        当你身体健康，尚未出现H1N1感染症状时，你可以用以下几种简单的方式来避免少量的H1N1病毒在你体內（如果有接触到的话）繁殖、出现病症、及恶化成二期感染：
1. Frequent hand-washing (well highlighted in all official communications).
常洗手

2. "Hands-off-the-face" approach. Resist all temptations to touchany part of face (unless you want to eat or bathe).
手绝不碰脸……除非是洗脸。
3. Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine if you don'ttrust salt). H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/ nasal cavityto proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation.In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual thatTamiflu has on an infected one. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerfulpreventative method.
每天用温盐水(或李斯德林漱口水)漱口二次。H1N1在鼻喉腔內经过2-3天才开始增生并出现症候，简单的盐水漱口可以抑制病毒繁衍，等于是健康人的克流感，千万不要小看这简单的步驟。

4. Similar to 3 above, clean your nostrils at least once every day withwarm salt water. Not everybody may be good at Jala Neti or Sutra Neti (very goodYoga asanas to clean nasal cavities), but blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbingboth nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.
同上，每天用温盐水清洗鼻孔至少一次，吸口气用力将鼻內物质喷出，最后以棉花棒沾温盐水清洁鼻孔。这对降低鼻中的病毒量非常有效。
5. Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C(Amlaand other citrus fruits). If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, makesure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.
充份的营养和维他命Ｃ以增加免疫力
6. Drink as much of warm liquids as you can. Drinking warm liquids hasthe same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferatingviruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferateor do any harm.
多喝温开水或热汤，功效和漱口一样，只是方向相反。冲到胃里的病毒是无法生存。
7. All these are simple ways to prevent, within means of most households, and certainly much less painful than to wait in long queues outside publichospitals.
这些都是在家里就做得到的简便预防法，远比痛苦的在医院候诊好得多。