With a record-breaking flu outbreak, the emergency rooms across the nation are packed with sick help seekers with wait times exceeding eight and even 10 hours. If that's not enough of a reason to motivate you to be extra careful, what about reported medicine shortages and an alarming number of flu deaths?

You've heard of the usual__eat healthy, sleep well, and drink plenty. I'm not here to talk about that generic stuff you've heard a million times.