I have “the 100-day cough”. I’m hoping the “100-day” bit is a media construct and it won’t last that long, but the cough bit has persisted for well over two weeks now. If you don’t know someone with it, you will soon. There were more cases of “pertussis” in January than the whole of last year.

The 100-day cough starts out like an average cold: sore throat, sneezing and in my case a nose so runny, it dripped in front of a class of 20 pupils: “Eww, sir, that’s gross!” The difference is that the cough persists and worsens, particularly at night. Coughing bouts may last a couple of minutes,........

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