>>> WE ARE BACK WITH OUR ONGOING SERIES, "TODAY" FIGHTS THE
FROOU.
FROOU.
THIS YEARS FLU SEASON IS ONE OF THE WORST IN YEARS AND OF COURSE
WE WANT TO ALL AVOID GETTING
SICK.
SICK.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
BUT THE QUESTION IS ARE YOUR
CO-WORKERS DOING THEIR PART?
TODAY JEFF ROSSEN IS HERE TO HELP US FROM SPREADING GERMS TO
OUR CO-WORKERS.
OUR CO-WORKERS.
HELLO, JEFF. >> BECAUSE IN THE OFFICE YOU
HEAR PEOPLE SNEEZING AND ITS
DISGUSTING AND PEOPLE STILL COME
TO WORK.
THATS WHY SO MANY OF YOU WRITE TO ME ASKING ABOUT GERMS IN YOUR
OFFICES, WONDERING HOW GERMY
YOUR CO-WORKERS ARE, THESE
PEOPLE OVER HERE.
TEST OFFICES, YOU TOLD ME, SO
THIS MORNING IM LISTENING FOR
GOOD REASON.
ACCORDING TO A STUDY, AT LEAST
26% OF AMERICANS ADMIT THAT THEY GO TO WORK SICK. ADMIT THAT THEY
GO TO WORK SICK. MOST OF THEM MEN, BY THE WAY.
SO OUR HANDY GERM METER IS BACK.
THE GERM METER IS BACK.
YOU GUYS FAVORITE.
NO HOLDS BARRED HERE.
WERE SWAPPING OUR OFFICES HERE
AT 30 ROCK.
SAVANNAH AND HODA EVEN LET ME
INSIDE THEIR DRESSING ROOMS, BIG
MISTAKE, AND THE RESULTS SPEAK
FOR THEMSELVES.
FOR THEMSELVES. THE PHONE, THE KEYBOARD, THE
BACTERIA.
BACTERIA.
AND WHEN YOUR CO-WORKER SNEEZES, LISTEN TO THIS, RESEARCHERS ATS,
LISTEN TO THIS, RESEARCHERS AT M.I.T. FOUND THE SMALLER DROPS
FROM A SNEEZE COULD LAND UP TO
26 FEET AWAY.
GROSS!
GROSS! SO HOW GROSS IS OUR OFFICE?
THATS RIGHT, WERE TESTING
OURSELVES HERE AT NBC HEADQUARTERS.E AT NBC
HEADQUARTERS.
OKAY.
THIS IS MY OFFICE RIGHT HERE. WELCOME TO MY OFFICE.HT HERE.
WELCOME TO MY OFFICE. I GET RIGHT TO WORK SWABBING MY
KEYBOARD.
KEYBOARD.
WERE TESTING FOR THE GENERAL
PRESENCE OF GERMS AND ANYTHING OVER 100 IS A FAIL.ND ANYTHING
OVER 100 IS A FAIL. OH, GOD.
OH, GOD. 790.
790. NEARLY EIGHT TIMES THE
ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF BACTERIA.
AND I USE THIS EVERY DAY.
EXPERTS SAY WIPING DOWN YOUR
STUFF WITH DISINFECTING WIPES
WILL PROTECT YOU, BUT DOES IT
REALLY?
REALLY?
AFTER CLEANING FOR A FEW
SECONDS, I SWAB THE KEYBOARD
AGAIN.
THERE IT IS, A HUGE DIFFERENCE
THE WERE IN THE ACCEPTABLE
LEVEL NOW, JUST 53.
ANYTHING UNDER 100 IS GOOD. SO I CAN TYPE AGAIN.S GOOD.
SO I CAN TYPE AGAIN. AND IT WAS THAT EASY.
JUST A FEW SECONDS OF WIPING.
BUT WHAT ABOUT OUR PRODUCERS?
WHATS REALLY LIVING ON THEIR
DESKS?
DESKS?
>> THIS IS TOTALLY NORMAL.
>> WE FIND A SHOCKING AMOUNT OF
GERMS ON SOME. SO HERE WE GO.
THIS IS MY PRODUCER, CASEY.
>> STEP AWAY FROM THE DESK.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> IM GETTING RIGHT IN HERE. >> I DONT THINK IVE EVERERE.
>> I DONT THINK IVE EVER CLEANED THIS.
CLEANED THIS.
>> SHE WASNT KIDDING.
>> OH, MY GOSH!
>> GUYS, 906.
THAT IS OVER NINE TIMES THE ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF BACTERIA.
HOLD ON, IM GIVING YOU MY LATEX
GLOVES BECAUSE YOU NEED THESE TO
WORK NOW.
WORK NOW.
ARE YOU SICK?
>> WE DONT HAVE TO AIR THIS, RIGHT?DONT HAVE TO AIR THIS,
RIGHT?
>> BUT WHAT ABOUT SAVANNAH AND HODA?T WHAT ABOUT SAVANNAH AND
HODA?
>>HODAS DRESSING ROOM IS
RIGHT HERE.
LOOK AT THIS PLACE.
>> DONT MESS UP MY STUFF, OKAY?
>> THATS THE WORRY? >> WAIT, MY JEANS ARE -- HEY, A
GIRL HAS TO CHANGE HER CLOTHES.
>> HERE WE GO.
IM SWABBING YOUR KEYBOARD.
BY THE WAY, THERE ARE COFFEE
STAINS ON YOUR KEYBOARD.
I DONT KNOW HOW THIS THING
STILL WORKS.
STILL WORKS.
THE RESULTS ARE IN.
>> ITS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? WAIT A SECOND, LET ME SEE IT
FIRST BEFORE YOU TELL THE WORLD.
PLEASE, GOD.
PLEASE, GOD.
>> ANYTHING OVER 100 IS A FAIL. >> 99!THING OVER 100 IS A FAIL.
>> 99! 99!
99!
>> OH, MY GOD.
YOU CAME IN JUST UNDER. THAT IS CRAZY.ST UNDER.
THAT IS CRAZY. BUT SHE WONT BE CHEERING FOR
LONG.
LONG.
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I TEST
HER PHONE.
>> GOING OVER HERE. 306.OING OVER HERE.
306.
OH, HODA.
>> MY OWN GERMS, HOPEFULLY. 306.Y OWN GERMS, HOPEFULLY.
306.
THATS NASTY. OKAYS NASTY.
OKAY OKAY
OKAY OKAY.
OKAY. >> SAVANNAHS TURN.
HOW WILL SHE COMPARE.
>> HI, JEFF.
IM NOT READY FOR YOU.
>> READY OR NOT, I START
SWABBING HER KEYBOARD.
>> BE KIND.
I JUST WANT A BETTER SCORE THAN
HODA.
HODA.
>> ANYTHING OVER 100 IS A FAIL. HERE WE GO. OVER 100 IS A FAIL.
HERE WE GO. >> 231?
>> 231? I THOUGHT IT SAID 23.
>> NO, THATS 231, SAVANNAH.
>> OH, MY GOSH, AND I CLEANED IT
TOO.
TOO.
>> THATS MORE THAN DOUBLE.
WAY MORE THAN DOUBLE THE
ACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF BACTERIA.
>> WHAT WAS HODAS?
>> WELL, HODAS KEYBOARD WAS
CLEAN.
NOW ON TO SAVANNAHS PHONE.
>> THE GASPS. 585.HE GASPS.
585.
>> OH, NO! >> SAVANNAH, THAT PHONE IS --
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THAT
PHONE?
PHONE?
>> BREATHING.
>> SNEEZING, I DONT KNOW.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING.W WHAT, CAN I JUST SAY
SOMETHING.
>> NO.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE USE THIS
OFFICE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE WEEKEND CREW. >> THROW THEM UNDER THE BUS.W.
>> THROW THEM UNDER THE BUS. >> SHEINELLE, MAYBE DYLAN.
PROBABLY CRAIG.
PROBABLY CRAIG. >> SO THESE ARE NOT YOUR GERMS,
THESE ARE THEIR GERMS.
>> COULD BE ANYBODYS GERMS.
REALLY COULD BE ANYONE.
>> GROSS.
>> GROSS.
BUT HERES THE GOOD NEWS.
WE CLEANED THEIR OFFICES WITH THE DISINFECTING WIPES.S WITH
THE DISINFECTING WIPES. YOURE WELCOME.
YOURE WELCOME. >> I WANT A REMATCH.
>> MY WORK HERE IS DONE.
BYE, EVERYBODY.
BYE, EVERYBODY. BYE, HODA.
BYE, HODA. >> GO AWAY!
>> IM ACTUALLY LEGITIMATELY
CONCERNED FOR YOUR HEALTH.
>> I KNOW.
I DONT THINK I CLEANED IT YET.
>> IVE GOT YOU LITERALLY A TON
OF WIPES.
HODA NEEDS THEM TOO. YOURE NOT COMPLETELY CLEAN.
>> MY KEYBOARD WAS KIND OF NEW.
>> AND YOU ALREADY GOT COFFEE ON
IT.
IT.
>> 231 AND YOURE CLEAN. >> YOURS IS PROBABLY 600.
>> THATS THE THING.
I ACTUALLY DID PRECLEAN AND THEN
HE SWABBED.
HE SWABBED. >> OH, MY GOD, YOU CHEATED AND
YOU STILL LOST.
>> YES, YES, THAT HAPPENS.
>> YOU NEED TO USE THESE WIPES.
A SNEEZE CAN GO 26 FEET.
>> THATS UNBELIEVABLE.
>> ISNT THAT INSANE?
BY THE WAY, BACTERIA CAN LIVE ON
A SURFACE FOR 24 HOURS, SO USE
THE WIPES.
THE WIPES. >> IVE WORKED HERE SIX YEARS