An Interesting Season Ahead.

 The suspicious sniffle & co.

As it is we are all on tender-hooks and slightly suspicious of anyone who dares to sneeze or sniffle next to us. Not unheard of for me to surreptitiously turn away or if that isn't possible, hold my breath until out of reach. Yes, everyone is a suspect!

If anything, a reminder of hearing a sniffle nearby makes us adhere to social distancing again. How often does the distance shrink or how often do we have to walk past someone in the supermarket aisles, not even giving each other a half meter of social distance?

Well, colder weather is on the way and here to accompany us for a further six months at least. Cold weather means being indoors, an indoors heated to the n'th degree. A hotbed for colds and flus and sadly also corona.

They have been recommending an hourly airing of the room one is in which is all well and good in summer but have you ever tried to open a window in someone else's house during winter? One would think we'd broken it...especially Austrians are addicted to having a house heated to between 20-24 degrees during winter. Even before this current corona time I hated being in such a warm room. Cloying and stuffy. Much better to heat less and wear jerseys and sit with a nice warm blanket.

How are we going to handle the onslaught of the coming cold and flu season? How are we to know if it is just plain old flu or the vicious little bug? In fact, how do we deal  with getting a sore throat, or a runny nose? Can't go to the doctors so perhaps it will be best to just stay home at the first sign of a cold.  An interesting winter ahead for all of us.

The upside to all our renewed social distancing, hand washing and face masks might just be that it will keep a lot of the seasonal colds and flus at bay and  thus make this coming winter easier to navigate in a healthy state.

Biggi