This article blew my mind, even though I know it shouldn't have. My disbelief about the monstrous evil at work in the world has vanished rapidly.
Like our host, the only time I've had a serious illness "lately" was in Jan/Feb 2020. Still not sure if it was Rona, H1N1, or something else, but it was rough. A week or more of nasty flu symptoms, waking up soaked with sweat multiple days in a row, etc. The symptom that differentiated it from the other flus and flulike illnesses I've had was the sustained cough that lasted 6+ weeks after everything else went away.
I spend a large chunk of the rest of the year on generic allergy meds - allergies have been bad since I was a kid. It's probably worth making that an all-year pill now. Too bad Z-packs aren't OTC.