I haven't read all of the posts (sorry) so I apologize if I'm redundant here, but

First, I'm trying to think of tactful ways to avoid shaking hands. Some of my friends' pastors have put the "everybody shake hands with your neighbor" part of the service on hiatus (whew). But I'd like not to embarrass someone who just wasn't thinking and sticks his/her hand out for a handshake.

A couple of times I've said "Tell you what, let's do an air handshake until flu season's over". I'm trying to come up with some more.

Another thing I'm thinking of asking our PCP next week is, what should we have on hand in CASE one or both of us gets one of the flus. We both have medical conditions or take meds which might make certain OTC's not good ideas. We're a half hour from a drugstore, so I'd rather throw away a few bucks' worth of stuff we don't use than wake up some morning wishing we had it.

It takes a lot of energy to be proactive, doesn't it?