EasyAbstract
"I am contagious but I am not an illness. I am free yet I am said to be the best medicine. I escape at the worst possible moments. What am I?"
Answer
Laughter
Explanation
Laughter spreads from person to person involuntarily — it is genuinely contagious. It has proven health benefits. And it often erupts at the most inappropriate moments.
This is an easy riddle in the Abstract category — Riddles about ideas, emotions, and intangible things.
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