While it is common for all of us to use public transportation, not many realize that the sole air we breathe is actually one of the fastest way that bacteria spread.

Among the numerous illnesses that can be transmitted through air counts: rubella, rosella, flu, TB, scarlatina, coryza, coughing, parotiditis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, encephalitis or meningitis, writes secretele.com

There are some precautions we can take in order to prevent those diseases. First of all try to avoid crowds, vaccinate, use paper tissues and not handkerchiefs, avoid contact with sick people and closed in spaces, informs us antena3.ro.