Ty Coleman demonstrates how to sneeze without spraying his friends with H1N1

Its back to school for the kids, which for New York public school students means a game of Russian Roulette with an unrelenting opponent: swine flu. At IS 238, teachers are really cranking the heat on students like Ty Coleman, pictured left:

Coleman: When you sneeze, sneeze (motions) like this, and don’t cough on anybody.
Reporter: And wash your hands a lot.
Coleman: Yeah … they really on me on this.

(video here)

Talk about an old soul.

We’re assuming that “they” are lead by Principal Joseph Gates, who under more relaxed circumstances we might encourage to lighten up a little, but Gates is clearly feeling the H1N1 squeeze himself: last year, he lost his assistant principal, Mitchell Wiener, who was New York’s first swine flu victim.

Watch those sneezes, kids.