[Help] I have caught a Cold - how?

[Knocky's Nose]

Mucus Membranes?

Pfff... I've been called worse

 

[Javeaseagull]

I always understood a cold came from getting out of a warm bed and going home?

 

[Knocky's Nose]

I always understood a cold came from getting out of a warm bed and going home?

I believe that's called the 'Walk of Shame' ....

 

[Goldstone1976]

Mucus Membranes?

Women who go commando get more colds. FACT. Go figure.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Money. BBC Breakfast has just run an item about how dirty money is. A professor had been doing research into how many viruses and bacteria were on coins and notes. Eighteen different varieties including ecoli.

 

[jasetheace]

Is that definitely true? I get the congregating inside thing, that certainly makes some sense. But I thought that things like getting cold, stressed etc lowers resistance so makes it more likely that the germ that just went up your nose or down your throat will be able to establish itself and breed?

The question I have is why am I not permanently ill, given the disgusting noises and activities that surround me on my daily commute.
When did it become Ok to spend a train journey sniffing noisily and repeatedly?

Drives me crackers. If you are not well, damn well don't get on the train. Stay in bed. Work from home. If you fear the wrath of your boss for not "making it in", then you are working for the wrong people.

 

[marcos3263]

I have a five year old who has a cold, he constantly sneezes all over us and no amount of beating will remind him to cover his mouth. Its inevitable that we will get it then pass it round our respective offices. meanwhile he will spread it round school and will re-catch it on a repeating loop throughout winter. So blame the Casper family for the continued outbreak and mutation until we are all doomed.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Saw a programme about the Spanish flu that wiped out millions, we need to realise how lucky we currently are.

It killed my great grandfather leaving my grandad an orphan at 18.

If we had another pandemic with the way we travel from country to country nowadays we could be b3gg3rd.

So the moral of the story Is bring on Brexit.

 

[jessiejames]

A sneeze can cover a long distance and coat many surfaces, bacteria in coughs and sneezes can stay alive in the air for up to 45 minutes apparently

My sneeze only goes as far as the windscreen when I'm in the car.

 

[atfc village]

I’ve only ever had the flu once. About 30 years ago and I nearly died. You’d know if you got it- a cold it is not.

That is so true ,spent a week in bed with flu 20 years ago. Just moving would send me into a coughing fit.

 

[Weststander]

My sneeze only goes as far as the windscreen when I'm in the car.

run the chamois leather across, and hey presto a clean windscreen.