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Spock usually doesn’t worry in “Star Trek,” because worry is an emotion, and neither does actor Zachary Quinto — at least when it comes to Swine Flu.

The virus may be causing theater closings in Mexico, possibly affecting opening week for “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” but he is unfazed. Quinto, who replaces Leonard Nimoy as Star Trek’s original half-Vulcan in this month’s reboot by J.J. Abrams, evidently takes his health very seriously, and outlined his standard arsenal of personal precautions that keep him from fretting about the world’s newest pandemic.

“No, because every time I get on an airplane I have a routine,” Quinto told Vulture. “What I do is, I cover the inside of my nostrils with anti-bacterial ointment.”

The ointment is only first part of a process he claims to have tested that has helped to keep him virus free. And he says it works better than Airborne.

“It’s to block any bacteria from coming in,” he explained. “I’m popping Zicam like it’s candy. And I drink, literally, from L.A. to New York, six bottles of water.”

So expect him to be very hydrated as he flies around promoting the new film, which opens here in the States on May 8, following its Sydney premiere several weeks ago. He seems perfectly poised to fill Nimoy’s Starfleet boots and — through his attentive health habits — live long and prosper.