ellenkushner: (NYC: RSD)
ellenkushner ([personal profile] ellenkushner) wrote2010-06-24 10:34 am
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Possible reasons why I did not a get a cold all winter


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

[identity profile] stormsdotter.livejournal.com 2010-06-24 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for the tip! I tend to focus on Vitamin C!

[identity profile] coffeeem.livejournal.com 2010-06-24 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
The effectiveness of prevention is in direct proportion to its inconvenience. Definitely the tissues.

[identity profile] joey112.livejournal.com 2010-06-24 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty sure it's the costco tissues, cause I never had a sniffle this winter. hmmmm

[identity profile] teriegarrison.livejournal.com 2010-06-24 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
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?

[identity profile] kiri-moth.livejournal.com 2010-06-24 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
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[identity profile] jay-of-lasgalen.livejournal.com 2010-06-24 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I think #3 is the real reason. The others only helped.