Cough Cover: Because We Can’t Possibly Make Them Use a Tissue
OK, I’m all for mompreneurship and new ideas to make parenting easier. But a cover for kids sleeves to trap their runny nose germs?
Aren’t we supposed to be teaching them NOT to wipe their nose with their sleeves?
The CoughCover was created by a registered nurse, mother and grandmother who says she saw a need for something that would “help children manage their coughs, colds and runny noses and provide a convenient method for everyone to use good respiratory hygiene practices.”
We thought Kleenex and Puffs had it covered, but Michele Strocel thought otherwise. The CoughCover is made of a non-woven fabric coated in an anti-viral solution. It’s made to be slipped up on the sleeve or shoulder. It’s supposed to help keep those “green sleeves” at bay by giving the kids a place to wipe their nose. It’s also supposed to provide something to sneeze into so kids don’t get germs on their hands.
Again, whatever happened to a tissue? Or, I don’t know, washing your hands after you sneeze?
Because I can’t think of any adults who walk around with their arms coated in snot – if I do see one, I’ll make sure to keep my distance. Kids need to learn at some point to use their tissues and wash their hands. Giving them a crutch now, and a disgusting one at that (who wants to play with the kid whose got a snotty rag hanging off his arm?), and they might be the adult you’re giving a wide berth in twenty years!
Image: Cough Cover
Source: Fox News
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Hate to burst your bubble Jeanne but most of the medical community is now recommending coughing into the elbow.
Do a google search for cough into your elbow.
It’s very difficult to describe the CoughCover because there is nothing to compare it it. I agree that it would be distasteful to walk around with a snotty sleeve cover but the CoughCover not designed to be used to blow your nose on unless you are two years old and have not yet grasped the concept of nose-blowing. The point of the CoughCover is to complement the CDC “Cover Your Cough” recommendation that recommends covering your cough with a tissue, disposing of the tissue, and washing your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water or as and alternative, cough onto your sleeve. Many children do not take the time to get a tissue and many adults don’t always have an opportunity to get a tissue and wash their hands. With the CoughCover readily available to cough onto, to capture, contain and destroy 99% of all cold and flu viruses, the CoughCover would help prevent the spread of viruses. If you were sitting on an airplane and the passenger next to you was coughing into their hand or on the same tissue the whole trip, wouldn’t you prefer that he or she have the option of using the CoughCover? Food handlers, healthcare workers, daycare workers, school children, almost everyone could all benefit. Please visit the website at http://www.coughcouver.com for a clear picture and then comment again. You can also request a sample.
If you follow the epidemic prevention guidelines, they recommend that you cough into your elbow rather than on your hands, even with a tissue, so there’s less of a chance of accidental germ spreading.
Yuck – What a silly idea!
Gross. Even if does have anti-viral properties, the kid is still walking around covered in snot. How does that help?