On Sat, 10 Oct 2015 17:35:10 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 10/10/2015 5:21 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>Guess we're just lucky.

Some of us must have a higher natural resistance <shrug>.

I'll never forget when I was at college for my I.T courses years ago,
one time there was a particularly virulent flu going around the area.
The building was sealed, no natural air. Everyone was sick... I
resigned myself to becoming sick. Nope... not even then did I catch
the flu. I *have* caught the flu, but the last time that I can recall
was well over 30 years ago.

>Actually, Sheldon has mentioned he has COPD
>for which he uses a nebulizer. I'm not a doctor, obviously, but that
>might make him more prone to bacterial type respiratory infections which
>would require antibiotics.

Yes, could be.