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Hi! This is David Jackel on behalf of Expert Village and I'm here to talk to you about
what not to touch in order to prevent a cold. First and foremost, do not touch your face.
Don't do this, do not do this. Every time you touch your face, germs travel from your
hands onto your face. The germs that cause a cold, go from your fingers, into your eyes,
to your ears, your nose, your mouth, so don't touch your face unless you really have to
and always wash your hands before if you're going to do it. Avoid close contact with people,
particularily if you're traveling where you know lots of people are going to be interacting
with lots of other people. So, of course you're going to have to shake hands from time to
time, but try to keep it to a minimum, don't share things like cell phones, stay away from
pay phones, don't touch those because everybody has put their mouth up to them. If you're
traveling in a train, don't touch the handlebars if you can help it, don't touch seats, don't
touch things that lots of other people are going to be touching. Also, don't share food,
it's an obvious one but lots of people do it and if someone is sick and they're eating
and you share with them, then you're going to get what they have. If you do touch something
that may have germs, be sure to wash your hands immediately afterwards.