ditto.

Drink a beer or two in the shower every morning. And share any/all needles.

An Emergen-C every morning for a week prior to Fest, and another in every first beer of the day. Lots of Zinc tablets, and be sure to throw them all around your hotel room on the second night. It helps if you throw fries from Steak 'n' Shake at everyone, too. Didn't get Fest AIDS.
I'm sick as six dicks right now, but no Fest AIDS.

Didn't Ben Snakepit get Hand Foot and Mouth Disease at Mauled by Tigers a year or two ago?

Clearly, Fest AIDS is a complex of maladies related to the fact that you have thousands of people with weakened immune systems swapping germs from around the world.

So, the most fool-proof way to beat it would be pre-emptively, taking an extended tour of the country, with a quick jaunt to Europe, in the month or so before The Fest. To maximize the effectiveness of this approach, one should make out with strangers, lick random surfaces, dumpster-diving as many meals as possible.

The smell on my clothes is offending to the nose,
But that's not the reason that I'm stepping in.
The only reason I take a shower is so I can drink a showerbeer!

haha i was waiting for someone to post that

I've never experienced this infamous disease.

And you just cursed yourself by saying that.

im more scared of fest-sex than fest-aids. Fest aids is just a hangover surely. im pretty sure i've endured worse than what the Fest will bring.

you can get both in one shot!

I was sick all of last year after Fest, stomach infection, sinus infection, exhausted all the time for no reason, almost passing out a bunch, beware the Fest-AIDS it is a horrid thing for sure, don't share drinks, and umm try and be healthyish on your binge

one of my friends had Fest aids until practically Thanksgiving, last year.

My secret:
Buried Treasure Prevention ACF

http://www.lifelinefoods.com/index.htm

Shit tastes awful, but saves me every time I feel a hint of a cold. My roommate and I called it Pirate's Ass, to go with the brand theme, because it tastes worst than awful.

Just don't overdose on that Colloidal Silver or you won't even have to dress up as a smurf next Fest.

There is no way in HELL I'm taking anything with Colloidal Silver in it! I could really do without argyria in my life. I mean look at this guy:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloidal_silver

In August 1999, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned colloidal silver sellers from claiming any therapeutic value for the product, noting that such products were being marketed for numerous diseases without evidence of effectiveness.[5] The FDA also banned over-the-counter sale of drug products containing colloidal silver due to the lack of safety or efficacy data. The product now has the status of a dietary supplement in the US; it can be promoted with general "structure-function" claims, but cannot be marketed as preventing or treating any illness.[5]

Following this ruling, the FDA has issued numerous warnings to Internet sites which have continued to promote colloidal silver as an antibiotic or for other medical purposes.[10][11]

haha I was just about to post his picture.

I enjoy this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahihGKZC5Kk

He's just a cute santa smurf.