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> I seem to be one of the few people in the office who hasn't been out with a bad cold this year.

Probably because your immune system is good?



Not necessarily. Cold viruses are transmitted from objects touched by sick people recently by your own hands onto your face.

If he successfully avoids touching common objects and surfaces this is probably the cause that he didn't caught the cold because that's exactly how you get it.




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