Look I was a much happier cat when I operated under the "having a cold is a sign of weakness, at least power through and go to all the public places" mindset, because I'd want to go to a thing today, but I don't want to cough at people, because that would be very rude and you never know HOW rude exactly because you don't know the immune situation of a person, so I think I'm staying at home.
But actually that logic is flawed, because I'll have to go outside and use public transport anyway to go feed a hamster, and also right now at home there are more people that I don't know than at the thing I wanted o go to, so one COULD argue that ACTUALLY going to the thing is the wiser decision.
@maunzikation also it gets closer to c3 feeling when everyone is dick afterwards. It's just part of it.