Shouldn’t all the precautions we’re taking against the pandemic help keep colds and flu down? It seems to me that anything contagious (and airborne) should be spreading less, and not just covid-19.

How about you? Have you gone longer than usual without catching a cold? Do you know anyone who has one?

This could be an upside, if there is one.

I did get my flu shot today. Don’t forget yours.

I’m also guessing that, like me, most people these days have a horror of catching any kind of respiratory and fever-generating ailment, just because everyone will have to assume the worst until it’s been tested. If we catch an ordinary cold, are we going to end up in a covid ward anyway?

Is the best plan to use everyday cold remedies, and escalate only if they don’t work? Or is that too risky for the folks around us?

Just in case you’ve been sleeping too well at night . . .

Topics: flu, viruses, Common cold, pandemic, contagion, COVID-19