Possible reasons why I did not a get a cold all winter

[ellenkushner]

1) Got really scrupulous about washing hands, esp. after riding the subway

2) Taking 1000 mg Vitamin D every day 

3) Got giant pack of boxes of soft tissues from Costco, still sitting in utility closet blocking access to everything

Comments

[stormsdotter.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the tip! I tend to focus on Vitamin C!

[coffeeem.livejournal.com]

The effectiveness of prevention is in direct proportion to its inconvenience. Definitely the tissues.

[joey112.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure it's the costco tissues, cause I never had a sniffle this winter. hmmmm

[teriegarrison.livejournal.com]

Despite the sense of and temptation to subscribe to items 1 and 2, I daresay it was item 3. Isn't that one of the corollaries to Murphy's Law?

[kiri-moth.livejournal.com]

I'd say #3 is the real factor.

I never take vitamins and only really only remember to wash my hands before preparing meals or when they're actually dirty - AND I bite my fingernails, and I haven't had a cold or flu 10 or 12 years.

[jay-of-lasgalen.livejournal.com]

I think #3 is the real reason. The others only helped.