The sun sets on another summer day, yet the wind blows in a cool fall breeze that next morning. It is the abrupt change of seasons.And as much as my sticky skin welcomes the chilly atmosphere, my health seems to think otherwise. Each change of seasons my body is hit 

I thought my answer would be leading me towards the fluctuation of temperature, or simply blaming my sickness on my body adjusting to the different atmosphere. Apparently, I was wrong. It all has to do with human interaction. Anytime you are contracting a virus, it is because you have picked it up from someone else. Each season has these opportunities: Fall you are attending school, therefore coming across hundreds of more people each day. Winter is when everyone flees to the indoors, therefore your ability to get sick is increased because you are around others more often. Spring is when we emerge from our heavy-knit sweaters and embrace the warming breeze, again throwing us into an array of more human interaction that the outdoors provides. 

Each season has the ability to bring about more opportunistic infections, it is how we handle the change of seasons that can really save us from the most-dreaded cold. Be aware of human-interaction; think twice before you share a drink and wash your hands after using any public used item. There’s plenty of more strategies you can use when out in public, This link can show you other ways to avoid sickness during seasonal changes. 

So as much as you’d like to embrace the new weather; whether it’d be attending a college football game, building a snowman or tossing a frisbee on the quad-make sure you still are aware of human interaction. Because nothing is wrong with the outdoors, it is just the sharing of drinks that may get you a little stuffy.

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