I<\/span><\/p>\n t’s been a year since I started my new job in the medical industry. There have been so many things to learn and educate myself about over the past 13 months. I’m a listener, an observer, and I adjust accordingly. One of the things I noticed early on was that health care providers always coughed or sneezed into their elbows. To be medically anatomically correct, they do this into their cubital fossa or elbow pits.<\/p>\n Yes, I know I’d been told that over the years as a kid, but best I managed was covering my expectorant which was usually with my hand. Subsequently, I was determined to make this change. I thought it would be difficult for me to commit to it as I don’t consider myself at all limber enough to twist quickly to use my elbow pit in time to catch a cough or sneeze. But, I adopted it in no time and it’s a bonafide habit!<\/p>\n I digress. I have pondered about this from time to time. What does all of this cubital fossa coughing and sneeze targeting mean for other parts of society? What do I mean you ask?<\/p>\n Well, what about…<\/p>\n Just old-fashioned escorting? No, not that kind of “escorting”, this kind!<\/p>\n What about square dancing? People still do that! And, they get a bit sweaty and heated while swinging by their elbow pits which may or may not be germ infested petri dishes?<\/p>\n And then you have sports teams, protesting anthems by locking cubital fossa on 3 on 3!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.midwesternmeditations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/MMeM_v15i12a.jpg\")
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