In uk.rec.sheds,  (Skipweasel) wrote in
::

>The message <hcqngo$5vn$1@news.albasani.net>
>from crn@NOSPAM.netunix.com contains these words:
>
>> Standard doctor responses :-
>> 1) Its a virus.
>> 2) Theres a lot of it about.
>
>What would you like them to say?
>
>It's a virus, there is indeed a lot of it about, and there's not really
>anything they can do beyond what all humans instinctively know to do -
>go home, keep warm, drink plenty and limit social interaction. If you
>already know to do that, why bother the quack unless you're in a special
>group of people who may be exceptionally affected because of some other
>condition you have.

Sadly, the most common such conditions are stupidity and an
over-estimate of their own importance.
-- 
Marc

There are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. 
 The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, 
  but the surest is with technicians  -       George Pompidou