On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 09:49:20 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 10/10/2015 8:22 AM, sf wrote:
>> He lives a pretty much isolated life, so his immune system
>> is easy pickins for any stray germ or virus he comes into contact with
>> during his occasional forays into society.
>>
>I live a pretty isolated life, too, but I do actually venture out and
>about. I don't catch every little bug that comes along. People sneeze,
>people cough. I don't get sick as a result of being exposed to them.

Barbara's hypothesis is nonsense. I live in an isolated community, and
yet I rarely ever get colds, flu and gastro. I go into Launceston and
people are sneezing and coughing... I never catch a damned thing.