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I rarely get sick, but I’m not going to speculate why, and I wouldn’t recommend taking advice from a thread like this. You can’t really know all the mechanisms behind why you get sick or not. There are people who smoke two packs a day and are rarely sick, and I’m sure some of them attribute that to smoking.
I just keep practicing most of the covid measures. When I am away I avoid touching my face, when I come home I wash my hands immediately, and I am also getting the optional vaccinations against influenza and the current covid strain whenever appropriate.
Doing this I haven’t been sick for about 5 years now. Haven’t even catched covid during the pandemic.
Going to one up this. When they relaxed the mandates my wife and I realized we had not gotten sick in any way for the period and normally we do once a year so we kept going. We were due about when covid hit and started masking early given the videos out of china. Long and short is we finally got sick with something, but not to bad, after more than 4 years. Anyway we are keeping all the stuff going. Not quite as strictly maybe but if we can be sick 4 times less often then we find it worth it.
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don’t share food
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wash hands but avoid antibacterial soap
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get enough sleep
May I ask, why avoid antibacterial soap specifically?
overuse weakens the immune system
Thank about like this. A lot of bacteria is good for you. Some of it might only providing the benefit of taking up spaces so that worse bacteria won’t come in and make us sick.
That’s why overuse is bad. It kills off usually less weak “good bacteria” and leaves the door open for some of those super bugs you get in the hospitals.
Kills the good bacteria in your hands aswell.
Antibacterial soap only kills SOME germs. The ones it leaves behind are resistant. You’re literally building up stronger bacteria when you overuse antibacterials.
Straight-up cleaning is almost as effective without the
riskcertainty of making superbugs.
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Being an introvert and maintaining a healthy diet.
Hand washing, distance from people, and willingness to wear a mask
Growing up with dogs and sucking coins.
keep your fingers out of your eyes
Immunities. I go outside and be exposed to the world, and I wash my hands.
When I do feel a sickness coming on I drop everything, crawl into bed, and give my body anything it needs to fight… whether that’s blankets or hot soup or cold cloths… and I sleep as much as humanly possible so my immunities don’t have to worry about my conscious body while they’re fighting.
I don’t get sick more than once every few years. I do nothing special. I wash my hands, but probably should do it more. I am highly social, go to bars, have friends over, go to shows. I don’t mask up anymore.
I’m 47 and I feel pretty much like I did at 20. I weigh the same, have more lines on my forehead and not as full hair, but I’m not bald.
Secrets? Lucky genetics, I’m sure. Of course, but putting this out into the universe, I’ll probably get Hyper-mega Cow butt B7RQ Novel Toe Cancer.
Good luck with whatever ails you.
Sleep enough and not eat shit food for days in a row. If i get sick i have usually disregarded some of this.
I rarely get sick and even managed to avoid getting COVID (as far as I know). The last time I can remember getting somewhat ill was the flu about 10 or 15 years ago.
I don’t even do anything in particular to avoid getting sick. Maybe drinking the booze is killing the germs /s
I used to get sick a lot, sore throats and colds at least a few times every winter and occasionally in the warmer months too. Since I started taking a daily multivitamin about 12 months ago I haven’t really gotten sick since. I swear even hangovers aren’t as bad these days. It’s really remarkable, id recommend anyone give it a go.
Wasn’t afraid of germs as a kid
Wash hands frequently
Sleep enough
Eat healthy
Avoid antibiotics unless truly necessary
- Avoid drugs (e.g. marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, caffeine)
- Get enough sleep (i.e. wake up naturally; no alarms)
- Regular exercise (primarily playing sports)
- Eat healthily (avoid sugar, avoid starchy food, eat lots of fatty meat and eggs)
These techniques, while perhaps not making you live longer, will at least make it feel much longer.
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In my case, it’s probably like that George Carlin bit about swimming in the Hudson. I am not a neat freak. I eat things I drop on the ground. Etc. It’s like constantly vaccinating yourself against everything.
