Ok look, sorry, but I'm not just going to sit there and humor your weird cultural misconceptions just to keep you people happy. My family believes all kinds of odd shit, like, a) putting raspberry preserves and/or honey in hot tea will help cure a cold/flu, b) cough medication will help cure a cold/flu, c) cold weather can make you sick....I could go on for freaking days, really...I keep getting told all kinds of weird shit, like to take vitamin C, and take this, and do that...like no, you freaking weirdos...I get that you care and want me better but that's not going to help anything FFS.
FACTS:
1. Cold weather does NOT make you sick. It weakens your immune system, which makes you more susceptible to catching a cold, but does NOT cause the cold itself.
2. There is NO CURE for the cold or flu. Or COVID. So neither cough medicine, nor seeing a doctor, nor eating weird foods or taking vitamins of any kind is going to make the ultimate difference in whether or not I get better...
These things help mask the symptoms. They help your throat feel better for a bit. Help you feel less congested temporarily perhaps. But they do not and will not cure it.
And also, antibiotics have absolutely NOTHING to do with anything here. This is a virus. Not a bacteria....
And I tell them this and supposedly I end up being the stubborn one FFS.