carry germs

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to have germs on or in your body that can be transmitted to others

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  • Children carry all kinds of germs home from school.
  • Unwashed hands can carry dangerous germs from surfaces to your mouth.
  • He is carrying cold germs without showing any symptoms.
  • The food handler carried germs into the kitchen by touching raw chicken.
  • If you share towels, you may carry skin germs to other people.
  • Masks help when you have a cough, but your hands still carry germs, so wash them often.
  • Not all insects carry germs, but some can transmit serious diseases.
  • Hospital visitors should avoid carrying germs into intensive care units.
  • After gardening, she had carried soil germs into the house on her shoes.
  • Without proper sanitation, water bottles will carry germs between training sessions.