Kids age 5 to 17 catch anywhere from seven to 12 colds each year and end up missing school by the millions. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates that nearly 22 million school days are lost due to the common cold, and as many as 38 million schools days are missed due to the flu.
Because of budget cuts across the country, school custodians are sweeping and vacuuming and taking out the trash but rarely have the time or the tools to clean “high contact points” properly. You can clean something and it may look clean, but you can have thousands of bacteria and viruses on the surface.
