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Re:Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan off... by mattrices on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @11:28AM (#15348758)
The point is not all sneezes are due to colds. There are other causes that account for much more than .1%. Don't reinfoce societal pressure with biased probability analysis.
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Re:Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan off... by MSM on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @12:16PM (#15349270)
>Don't reinfoce societal pressure with biased probability analysis.

They aren't saying don't sneeze, they're saying cover your sneeze. It doesn't matter why you are sneezing, covering it is the standard.

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Re:Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan off... by debaserab2 on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @01:19PM (#15350009)
Agreed, but I think what is ridiculous is training your lungs to minimize the effectiveness of your sneeze. That is absolutely ridiculous: your body is sneezing for a reason, let it do its thing (and cover it).
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Re:Sickness absence associated with shared and open-plan off... by Djvacto on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @01:45PM (#15350323)
I think his tips were meant as an option. To be quite honest I'll be trying some of these, because it's not a huge amount of effort at all.
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