I Must Confess: I’ve got a bit of a bee in my bonnet today.
Being the middle of winter, our TV screens are awash with snot ads for cold and flu medications. Which is fine.
What is NOT fine, is how so many of them feature people full of cold and flu, insisting on going to work and socialising as per normal.
We see people in the office despite a sore throat that “feels like razor blades” – because with no symptoms thanks to the advertised medication, nobody will realise just WHO they picked up that horrible sore throat bug from!
Or there’s the dedicated teacher, passing on knowledge and the influenza virus in one fell swoop to her twenty-five students – and their families. Way to go!
Another one heads off to a birthday party – because the best present you can give somebody on their birthday is a cold. Not.
No wonder those annoying cold and flu ads make me sick!
Actually, I’m one of the lucky ones – I work from home so don’t tend to come in contact with germy colleagues too often (I’d tell you that I haven’t had a cold yet this winter, but I don’t want to push my luck! Using brackets protects me – it’s just like touching wood … I hope …).
But I think it would be fair to say these ads are making everybody else sick. Literally. Think about it …
Maybe it’s all part of an evil plan! Because the more people “soldier on” when they get sick, the more germs are spread, the more the companies can sell their cold and flu medications.
Don’t be fooled; if you have cold or flu, do us all a favour and STAY HOME. You can still take cold and flu medications if you want – at least that way you might even enjoy your time off!
When was the last time you succumbed to a cold or flu?!
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You’ve mirrored my thoughts 100%!! And even worse now that codral over the counter is the useless stuff!!
Yes, you’re absolutely right. Those ads are super annoying. We’ve all succumbed to the winter lurgies around here. Unavoidable when you have school aged kidlets. And of course, because they are predominately Man-Colds around here there is no ‘soldiering on’. They are DYING. In fact, I have one at home today!
Nothing worse than a man cold – you have my sympathies!
I think you have hit the nail of the head there Janet – I think there might be a greater conspiracy there from the pharma companies. They really are silly ads, aren’t they? I’v generally healthier this year now that I’m at home but I also don’t want to jinx myself…. 😉
YES YES YES. My thoughts exactly!!!!!
I’m only one more bad cold away from going full surgical mask whenever I leave the house, plus carrying a can of glen 20 to spray at anyone who sneezes or coughs and splutters in my presence. Plus, I’m none too far from avoiding leaving the house at all. :/
We noticed quite a few people wore them when we were in Hong Kong earlier this year, and I’m beginning to understand why!