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The only way you can become sick is if you or someone else touches your face, or an open wound after touching a bacteria or virus. My advice to you is don't touch your face if you can help it. Unless you touched your face, or something else touched it for you, you will not get sick. If you do have a virus or bacteria in you, symptoms will likely show up in about 12-24 hours.
Keep in mind, I am answering this question with only my personal experience for a source. Also, once I asked my doctor how he kept from getting all his patients' illnesses, and he told me, "Wash your hands and don't touch your face." .
If you're interested, here is some of the logic on the whole face situation: In order to get sick, the virus or bacteria must enter your body. (Duh) The only way it can manage this is to get into your body through a hole in your body (i.e. eyes, mouth, nose, ears, open wounds). If there is no hole, there is no virus. Therefore, the only vulnerable place on your body to sickness is your face or anywhere there is an open wound.
Hope this helps!!
-Dan
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoTypically symptoms begin to show within 7-10 days. Some viruses can manifest in as little as 24 hours though, and some can take as long as two weeks.
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