In the Northern Hemisphere, at least, the mass of Facebook status updates indicates that the peak days of colds, flus, and other ordinary nasties are upon us again, making the interval before spring begins properly extra-especially miserable, as usual.
I have a not-so-secret vested interest in this phenomenon, since I have a sore throat, iffy voice, congestion and a mild fever. From the medical perspective honey is proving surprisingly unhelpful; alcohol mellows me out but since I've felt the urge to drink more than I normally would it had to be limited to the one glass; and I really wish that I had cough candies because they are delicious.
Of course, as you've heard before, you're curing the symptoms but not the virus anyway.
On the positive side, the cold subsided during a job interview yesterday. It may be the most considerate infection ever.
