My sister and I are suffering and sound the same. Rachael Maddox had a coughing fit and had to go to commercials a few weeks ago. Climate Change is partially the reason for it.

A cold has a distinct arc that lasts about a week from start to finish.

Allergies can remain in place indefinitely, or come and go quixotically.

may just be being hit with one bug after another.

and worked in a hospital. My dad was sick all the time for their first years of marriage. Her father was a doctor so she had been exposed her whole life. My dad not so much.

than having someone without a cold ask when its going to be over.