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Sarah_Jayne · 08-24-2006, 03:15 AM

For those of us that work from home and end up spending most of our time in the house. Have you noticed at all that you get colds, etc faster than you did in the past when you go out and 'mix' with the public more than you normally would? When I used to commute into central London everyday and be around all the germs of all the people on the underground, etc I very rarely got sick. However, over the past few years of working from home I have noticed that if I go into an environment where there are lots of different people I will more than likely come out with a cold. My theory is because I am not around those germs all the time and not building up an immunity.

When I first moved to the UK I got really sick after about a month. My doctor essentially told me the germs here were slightly different than the germs back home and so I didn't have a natural immunity to some of the 'normal' germs here. Sort of like a less severe version of when the English went to North America and the Native Americans got sick from their strange germs.

Anyway, has anyone else that has worked from home for a long period noticed this?

08-24-2006, 03:15 AM
Sarah_Jayne Now with more Jayne Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 40,077	Working from home affecting immunity? For those of us that work from home and end up spending most of our time in the house. Have you noticed at all that you get colds, etc faster than you did in the past when you go out and 'mix' with the public more than you normally would? When I used to commute into central London everyday and be around all the germs of all the people on the underground, etc I very rarely got sick. However, over the past few years of working from home I have noticed that if I go into an environment where there are lots of different people I will more than likely come out with a cold. My theory is because I am not around those germs all the time and not building up an immunity. When I first moved to the UK I got really sick after about a month. My doctor essentially told me the germs here were slightly different than the germs back home and so I didn't have a natural immunity to some of the 'normal' germs here. Sort of like a less severe version of when the English went to North America and the Native Americans got sick from their strange germs. Anyway, has anyone else that has worked from home for a long period noticed this?