[Palatial Veranda]

I usually try to avoid friends when I know they are contaminated. I let my guard down last night and went for a drink with one.


I've woken up with a sore throat today.

[whyumadtho]

Yes, as much as I can.

[Terpsikhore]

If I'm sure it's just a cold, no. Slightest hint they might be harbouring any type of infection that could cause them to throw up, and I sever all contact for the next week.

[alexmagpie]

I don't even text them, you can never be too careful

[aeyurttaser13]

haha i don't avoid them, but i am careful that i am not right next to them if they caugh/sneeze. but no definitely not avoid them.. i wouldn't kiss them neither though

[Inverse]

I'm not too bothered about it.

[JayI]

I let them near me again once I’ve seen two consecutive negative throat cultures spaced 12 hours apart.

(bbt )

[almasy]

Of course, you'd have to be pretty damn stupid to voluntarily step into an infectious environment...
your immunesystem starts with your senses , you smell acrid smoke, you move away, you taste arsenic you spit it out, you hear someones ill, you stay away from them.

[Helenia]

No, not really. I'm just as likely to catch a cold on the Tube or from one of my patients, and a cold's hardly the end of the world.

[thompsonic7]

No, I go out of my way to lick their faces.

Seriously though, it's just a cold. You can get those from strangers on the bus, so why isolate yourself over one.

[Surfing_the_shine]

im sooooo suceptible to colds !! i dont have to be even that near or in diret contact with and boom i got swollen glands .... and going down hill .....and BOOOM ive got a full on cold . its ridiculous . i wouldnt want my friends avoiding me , but then i wouldnt want to make them ill either, unlesss you're feeling vengeful in which case invite them round via text and hug 'em then y'all suffer together.
i think friends have to make the decisive decision to stay away from you until its gone because colds can be with one for a while.

hope you feel better

[Hype en Ecosse]

(Original post by thompsonic7)
No, I go out of my way to lick their faces.

*cough, cough*

Oh look at that. I think I'm coming down with something. *cough*

[lolipanda]

i avoid drinking their saliva when they have a cold

[fudgesundae]

No, because I have a competent immune system.

You're just as likely to catch a cold from some random person in the street, as long as you aren't sharing food or drink with them then I see no reason why you should avoid them.

[tehFrance]

I'd say yes but the amount of people that have had colds on some of the nights we have all been out clubbing is stupid amount and when I am drunk I don't care if they are semi-ill

[WanaBdoctor]

No, but then again I'm the friend that always has a cold or some other virus! My friends now address me as germy

I did get avoided at school when I had tonsilitis and laryngitis however!

[SubAtomic]

If I knew someone had the cold or whatever it is I have had for over three weeks then yes I would definitely avoid being in the same vicinity without one of these

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[outoftown]

(Original post by Helenia)
No, not really. I'm just as likely to catch a cold on the Tube or from one of my patients, and a cold's hardly the end of the world.

It is if you have nasal polyps even with a daily steroid spray its had to breath for about a month after a cold. Plus minor infections might cause autoimmune disorders like MS so I think they should be taken seriously.

[arnoob]

No I rely on my immune system to protect me.