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Head Colds and Business Etiquette in 2022

If you woke up with a head cold before a big meeting, how would you handle it? If you attended a meeting where someone was coughing and sneezing, would you be annoyed? (Put another way: are we back to 2019 business etiquette around head colds, or have things changed?)

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Five Easy Ways to Get Over a Cold

I’m sick right now (boooo), having caught my husband’s cold. We’ve talked a bit in the past about how to ward off colds, but I was thinking last night how much my colds in general really do seem to be milder and quicker than people around me. (Update: Don’t assume it’s just a cold, of course — take…