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When are colds and the flu most contagious?
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When symptomatic: Virus is shed and transmitted in the respiratory secretions of the symptomatic patient (sneezing, fever, chilling, coughing).
Answered 11/2/2012
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Colds: Stress, poor diet, diabetes and other things may impair your immune system as well as contact with kids and frequent flying
Answered 7/28/2014
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