Can bubble gum give me the flu?

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Do you have more of a chance of catching a cold if you are chewing gum and blowing bubbles? In other words, can airborne germs be caught by my bubble and then ingested after it has deflated and the gum is back in my mouth?

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@BumbleBeeBoogie,

I don't believe you can catch the flu by ingesting the virus, however if it attaches itself to a bubble that you bring back into your mouth it may have the same effect as if you touched a contaminated area and then put your fingers in your mouth.

I doubt your chances of catching the flu significantly increase if you chew gum and blow bubbles, but anything that increases the opportunity for the virus to get into your nose or mouth will at least slightly increase your chance of being infected.

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@BumbleBeeBoogie,

Still a bubble gummer, eh, BBB? Wink

Stay young and keep fighting, lovely lady!

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@JTT,

I'm trying, but have difficulty with medical problems to overcome.

BBB

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@BumbleBeeBoogie,

You think way too much. Do you happen to share your already chewed gum? I think that may increase your chances.

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@Linkat,

When I was a kid a friend of mine got black chewing gum from her relatives in USA.
We shared it! Chewing 15 minutes each...... we certianly did not get sick.

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@saab,

Why didn't you just split it in half?

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@BumbleBeeBoogie,

Just avoid the pieces stuck to the bottom of movie theater seats.

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@BumbleBeeBoogie,

If you're just worried about airborne germs, I think you'll have to stop breathing. Which is a little tricky.

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@sozobe,

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/7296/boyinplasticbubble.jpg

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@Linkat,

Guess we both wanted a big piece to blow bubbles with.

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@sozobe,

Seems like there's a down side to everything, huh Soz?

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@BumbleBeeBoogie,

BumbleBeeBoogie wrote:

Do you have more of a chance of catching a cold if you are chewing gum and blowing bubbles? In other words, can airborne germs be caught by my bubble and then ingested after it has deflated and the gum is back in my mouth?

Bowards Buges? ..don't really think there's a higher chance to contract virus by blowing gum bubbles.

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@Linkat,

Quote:

You think way too much.

That's how things are discovered.

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@JTT,

JTT wrote:

Quote:
You think way too much.

That's how things are discovered.

That's also the way skitzo ppl are imagining things.

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@BumbleBeeBoogie,

BumbleBeeBoogie wrote:

Do you have more of a chance of catching a cold if you are chewing gum and blowing bubbles? In other words, can airborne germs be caught by my bubble and then ingested after it has deflated and the gum is back in my mouth?

BBB

Sorry. Does anyone else think this post is really funny?

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