I just don't want to get sick

I am sick. I do not understand why women get so worked up if you suggest that you don't want to 'mingle' when they are sick. A cold or flu is communicable and will pass from one person to another irrespective of the good intentions of the person who is sick. If I do not have any problem mingling otherwise, why is the simple explanation that I do not want to get sick enough?! And guess who conceded in the argument that ensued? Well, I am sick now, am I not :(