That beard and mustache probably filters out all the nasty germs. :-)
It didn't work for a decade in DC. My worst bug was some bronchitis I
had the whole time I was in FT "A" school. Lots of us had it. In
retrospect I wonder if it was something in those nasty "temporary"
WWII barracks.
The USCG allowed beards back then?
I remember when the Navy first started allowing
beards and mustaches. It was in the Zumwalt days
(1970 or so). You had to submit a request chit
to grow even a mustache. When Zumwalt relaxed
the Navy grooming policies everyone was submitting
a request chit. I remember an old, crusty CPO
saying he couldn't understand why people wanted
to purposely grow something under their nose
that grew wild around their assholes. :-)