Swine Flu Prevention: Gargle twice a day with warm salt water or drink warm liquids.

H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Gargling with salt water prevents proliferation. Also, drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.