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Talk too much, catch the flu

Tiny, crowded Hong Kong...

People in Hong Kong are more likely to catch the flu because they talk too much and are too loud, said Thomas Chan, a professor at the department of medicine and therapeutics at Hong Kong's Chinese University. "When you talk too much and too loudly, you are traumatising your throat.'' Since the noise level in tiny, crowded Hong Kong is relatively high, people tend to shout in order to be heard, he said. Air pollution and a hectic social life are also risk factors for the flu, he added.

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