Such sharing often takes place in large crowds, such as church services, where coughing, snorting and sneezing is ongoing. That may not be a bad idea. Its time to move when those little rhinoviruses begin circling the globe looking for susceptible nostrils, or throats to inhabit. When an infected person sneezes, thousands of those wiggling, squirming creatures are blown into the air, each determined to latch on to another human being. Once they catch an unlucky victim they dig in for the long haul.
Researchers are unable to come up with a preventive vaccine that stops infective cold viruses.
Now that's nothing to sneeze at. Statistics show the average person catches a cold six times a year. When I take that stuff, I want to sleep. It doesn't matter what colds are called, they make for an unpleasant experience. Remember back before facial tissues, men carried handkerchiefs to blow or wipe the nose.