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never touch magazine in waiting rooms

For some instances when we enter a waiting room, be it at the doctor, dentist or even hairstylist, we just know that some things will be there no matter what. A water dispenser and a coffee table filled with magazines are only two of these things, and it’s the latter we must protect ourselves against, if we really want to avoid coming down with a cold or worse.

Experts in the health profession advise us to never touch any magazine we see in such waiting rooms, especially during the cold season. It’s useless for us to imagine that someone cleans those magazine pages after page after each working day – and even if they did, they would still be filled with bacteria. Cold viruses can survive for up to 18 hours on paper or other surfaces, so touching them is precisely like buying a ticket for a week off work with the price of our health for the same period of time.

One solution out of this would be to bring our own magazine or book whenever we know we have to wait for more than just a couple of minutes. Then, there is also the surfing the net option, which can be easily done on the mobile. However, if we see something that really gets our interest there, and there’s no other way we can wait until we’re outside to buy the paper, it’s recommended we wash our hands thoroughly afterwards.