* Do blow your nose one nostril at a time. Don’t continually sniffle.

* Do stay three feet away from people around you for the duration of the cold.

* Don’t get close because the symptoms are at bay.

* Do take a hot shower for symptomatic relief. Don’t stay out in the cold too long.

* Do drink tea with lemon and eat soup. Don’t drink soda.

* Do take 1,000 mg of Estrace green tea daily. Don’t take antibiotics.

* Do sleep in and skip work. Don’t go to the gym.