Catching Cold by reading New Scientist !!!

Theoritically right now I should not be writing blogs, I should have been checking different universities or taking rest :p

Anyway, couple of days back I was reading this article on Common Cold in New Scientist I brought from British Council. It was kind of interesting. Three suggestions were there if you want to avoid cold (don't sue me if you still catch cold):

1. Avoid direct contact with children, they are miserably efficient in transmitting viruses.
2. Avoid having cold feet, I'm not quite sure how this works, but I think the mechanism is if your feet is cold, the blood flow is directed to feet reducing the flow at the nose, thus reduced immunity! (No reference please, I'm not quite sure about the mechanism myself)
3. Finally, wash your hand regularly. In case you shake your hand with a person who has cold, you can also catch! Wash them, be safe :)

The funny thing is after reading the article, I wasn't feeling that much good! The very next day I caught cold! Is there any mechanism of catching cold by reading New Scientist article on Common Cold :p