In the days of old just a sneeze would automatically get you a “God bless you”. That was because before hygiene was properly implemented with remedial modern medicine to combat infectious germs, colds and flus could and did quickly lead to death. Now that there is an epidemic of flu in America, we are reassessing our power to protect ourselves and surrendering to old school tactics like keeping children OUT of the hospital as much as possible and just stay home if you can. Basic A-B-Cs. “This is a season that has a lot more steam than we thought,” Dr. Dan Jernigan of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told the Associated Press.