I have a cold. When I have a cold I try to be brave, but sometimes a small voice whispers to me:

"who says it's a cold? how do you know it's not Ebola?"

When I had a cold last year, the voice whispered:

"...or is it monkey pox? Yes that's mostly men who have sex with men - and you're not gay and you're definitely not getting any, but can you definitely rule it out...?"