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Weekly Contest #279
Modern-day medicines claim to heal almost anything with special treatments and a prescription with risks worse sounding than the illness itself. I would choose suffering over deciding to repress my cough with over-the-counter syrups, but this was unlike any ordinary cold I have had before. I will admit I had trust issues with medications that included a booger speaking directly to me from a colored TV screen. Not a second goes by that I am not reminded that I haven't felt like my usual self, how am I supposed to know exactly what to do when ...
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