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Posted on April 24, 2019April 24, 2019

how do I not get sick again? living in a dorm keeps getting me sick! :(

how do I not get sick again? living in a dorm keeps getting me sick! :(
how do I not get sick again? living in a dorm keeps getting me sick! 🙁

Living in close quarters does tend to raise that risk. But there are ways to keep it to a minimum – check out this list: bit.ly/GetSickLess Some of the obvious, but powerful ones: wash your hands often, get your shots, be careful with food handling, and avoid unsafe sex.

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Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog.  You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human acolytes assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.

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