Originally Posted by
Concart
ROTLFMAO!!!! Congratulations. This is the stupidest question ever asked on this forum. YOU WIN!!!
Isn't it incredible the number of science-illiterate morons who pretend to be able to discuss issues without having a single clue what they're talking about?
I have TD on ignore but maybe if I type this here, the buffoon will read it. Won't absorb it, of course, but at least I tried.
How respiratory infections work:
You come in contact with a URI-causing virus while at work. At first you don't notice anything. The viruses enter your nasal passages and set up housekeeping in the epithelial cells lining your respiratory tract. Each virus enters a cell, seizes control of the cell's reproductive apparatus, and begins cranking out copies of itself. Eventually the cell ruptures due to the viral load. The newly-liberated viruses then infiltrate adjoining cells and repeat the process. During this time you still feel fine, but you are shedding some virus with your exhalations, sneezes, coughs, nose-picking, etc. By the time you start to feel sick and decide to stay home, several days have passed. You may be one of the lucky ones who never acquire enough virus load to feel sick -- you're asymptomatic but still sharing your viruses. Either way, you're able to share the wealth until your immune system has created enough antibodies to completely destroy the invaders.
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
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