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The only way to protect from the common cold is to avoid exposing yourself to the virus that causes it. The only way to accomplish this is to avoid exposure to people who already have a cold or carry the virus. Wearing the common cloth or paper filter mask may prevent breathing in moisture droplets "sneezed out" by others but it will not block the virus which is so much smaller than what the mask will allow through so it won't help.

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