Fighting a Virus

Won't someone rid me of this nettlesome cold? With apologies to Thomas Becket, the publisher of this blog is down with an illness today and may not be able to devote much energy to this forum. In any event, if I do not comment on what is noteworthy today, I will when my health permits. To my sorrowful friends, dread not, and to my gleeful enemies, I am not in line for Last Rites just yet.