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Imagine an kid in school first hearing about germ theory. The conversation might go something like this:

Teacher:\xa0Many diseases like the common cold are spread by germs, when one infected person contacts another.

Student:\xa0But I got a cold a few weeks ago, and I never touch anyone except my family members. And none of them were sick.

Teacher:\xa0You don\u2019t need to actually touch someone. Sometimes it can spread through mucus droplets in the air.

Student:\xa0And one time I was camping in the woods for a month, and then I got a cold, even though I hadn\u2019t been around anybody.

Teacher:\xa0If it was spring, you might have gotten allergies. Allergies can feel a lot like a cold, but they aren\u2019t spread by germs.

Student:\xa0It was fall.