Woman's Day offers these stats on colds and flu.

• 200 plus cold viruses exist
• 3 to 8 colds is the average number a child will get in a year
• 93mph is the rate at which air particles travel out of your nose and mouth when you sneeze
• 3 feet is the distance droplets can travel from a cough or sneeze
• 5 minutes is the time germs can live on hands
• 1 to 2 days is how long cold germs can live on hard surfaces like doorknobs pens, and phones
• 8 to 12 hours is how long a cold virus remains on cloth, tissue and paper
• 30 seconds is how long you should scrub your hands to kill germs