Seems like everyone's got a cold

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I have to admit that I've been getting a bit fed up recently, not with Liverpool's form (which has improved thank you very much) but with people around me, and yours truly, getting cough's and colds.

It seems everyone I know has been off colour for some part of the last three months! What’s going on? A few people I’ve met recently blamed their unhealthy state on the lack of sun last year – especially in the summer. Apparently we do need sunlight – just like Superman, to help us to feel good. I know a few of the team have gone to the Doctors with their colds and coughs. I ended up at my Doctors twice…I think the last time I went to see a doctor before that was seven years ago! This made me think…just how much of doctors records on people in their surgery are made up of things that are...

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