One such student taking these precautions is Kayla Polson, a senior at Audubon High School. Polson realizes that students are more likely to contract mono because, “they don’t take precautions and just aren’t being smart.” Polson makes sure she doesn’t share anything with a student that has to touch her lips. “No one touches my water bottle!” said Polson. While there are careful students like Polson, others simply don’t think about or aren’t worried about contracting it.

“It never crosses my mind,” said Riley Jones, a sophomore at Audubon High School. Jones, when asked if he was taking any precautions to prevent mono, was doubtful.  “No, I don’t even know what I would do really. I like kissing too much,” said Jones.

No matter the outlook on mono, most students agree that getting it would be awful.  Students should be more careful when they are around other students, especially those who are showing symptoms, because no one wants to get sick.