Introduction: the germ theory versus my mom's theory -- Germinology: know your enemy -- Germ roots and germ routes: where they come from, where they go, and how they get from here to there -- Plagued: a glossary of diseases -- Homeland security: our natural defenses against germ invasions -- Germinators: antibiotics as miracle and menace -- Germinators ii: antivirals, antifungals, anti-parasitics -- Vaccine verisimilitude: venerated, vilified, vindicated -- Over-the-counter or over-the-top: symptom relief -- Sanitary sanity: personal, household, and community hygiene -- From the fridge to the fringe: nutrition and nutritional supplements -- Miscellaneous momisms: sleep, stress, weather, wardrobe, exercise, and everything else -- Prudent paranoia: common sense.
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