[Jack of all Trades]

Would those two times happen to be Fall and Spring around the time when the weather changes? That’s when I always get some kind of head/chest conjestion for a week or two. I figure it's allergies. I can't recall the last time I had a fever or a stomach bug. The last flu shot I got was the Swine Flu shot in '76

[arthurus]

Vitamin D-3 through the winter. No more colds or flu and maybe no more some other viruses. Colds and flu are from a lack of sunshine- vitamin D- on the skin. Take the D-3 supplement through the winter when you keep your skin covered up and the sun is at a less effective low angle.

[EQAndyBuzz]

I looked at the allergy angle. Turns out I got them once I moved to Texas from Jersey. I figured I built up an immunity in Jersey from all the crap in the air.

I got to Texas and the Mountain Cedar kicked my butt.

The flu I have been getting every year for the last 30 years. Just one of those things. I think the infections are the result of the allergies.