avoiding germs on BART

Be alert for the coughers and sneezers. Always factor in a 3 feet radius for cough/sneeze droplets in an uncovered/unrestricted blast. Stand, don't sit. You can move away quicker. Avoid a car w/o AC operating. Think about that soupy air. Carefully keep hands clean. Avoid touching eyes, mouth or nose with hands.

There is a terrible Norovirus going around that is highly contagious. What better place to catch it than on BART where everyone is jammed together like sardines?

The adivce is excellent. Don't touch anything on a BART train or in a BART station. Do not put your hands on the escalator hand rails or the stairway rails. Do not push the elevator buttons with your bare fingers. The germs stay on those surfaces forever.

For God's sake, DON'T put your ticket in your mouth. Just because it's been in your pocket, wallet or whatever, it still runs through the entry/exit gates along the same belts the germy person's ticket does.

Carry some antiseptic wipes with you. Make sure they contain alcohol to sterilize the grab bars on the trains. I have no problem wiping the escalator rail with one before I put my hand on it for balance. I don't care who's watching or what they think. If it keeps me from getting sick, I'm better for it. Yes, I do use those wipes on grocery carts. Haven't you ever seen someone cough into their hands or rub their noses and then put that hand on the grocery cart handle? GROSS.

I see so many people put their tickets in their mouths and hand it to the station agent to check. Why would the agent want to touch a ticket after it's been in someone's mouth? Yuck. All the postings before mine are good advice.

Carry a small bottle of Purell hand disinfectant.

What is it with these low-life posters that think using the "F" word is acceptable... It's immoral people like this as well as the crap coming out of Hollywood that's partially responsible for the radical Islamist's wanting to slit out throats.

Come on grow up!!! And do give me the line that it's okay because everyone is using it!!!!

I think you and Houward Hughes would have been good buddies.

And what's with the foul language...this is a public forum open to children, you idiot!!!

EXCEPT: To be physically safe, ALWAYS stay in the first car behind the train operator.

I'd rather catch a cold in the lead car than be accosted by some "fuckin'" deranged person in a darker, more abandoned car.

And besides, just because it's the last or emptier car on this particular train, how do you know it wasn't a crowded lead car earlier in the day and full of germ-riden commuters??

Your list includes any public place, anywhere. Even the sandwich shop where you buy your lunch.

If these are the highest concerns on your mass transit list, congraduations on riding your "safe" trains.

"Actually, riding BART is like getting a vaccination. It will build up your imune system. Hep C, herpes, AIDS, whooping cough, etc. Once you contract any of these, you will never get them again."

Once you catch AIDS, you've got it for life buddy.

-M. Delgado

Better advice is simply do not touch your face. Never touch your face if you can avoid it, and if you must touch your face, make sure you have washed your hands with soap and water first.

I assure you, if you get into a habit of never touching your face, you will get sick maybe once a year, tops. All bets are off if you have a child in your household of course. :-)