That first tickle in your throat is an ominous precursor of misery to come. Sore throat. Coughing. Runny nose. Fever. Congestion. Fatigue. [Pause.] Inconvenience. [Sigh.] No one wants to be sick, but this is the time of year that germs go flying and there always seems to be someone around you that catches something unwanted.
It’s usually not hard to tell who has caught a bug with
their sniffling and coughing and nasally voice. Granted, there’s only a certain
number of hours that people are actually
contagious for, but these symptoms are all indicators of those to stay away
from—a warning of things to come if you’re not careful. So if you’re truly
sick, it’s probably best to just stay at home and rest and regain your strength
(not to mention not contaminating the rest of us with your cold or flu).
You can always do your best to avoid getting sick: washing
your hands, using hand sanitizer, and avoiding touching and being breathed upon
by those sick. But you can’t avoid getting sick all the time—eventually a
persistent bug will find its way to you and make you miserable. (And I only
hope that I can prolong that inevitability for another year…)
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