First, I would like to apologize to anyone who, at one time or another, might have gotten cooties from my family or me. I grew up during a time when staying home from school because you were sick was not an option. My mom's Momometer only measured serious maladies — puke and blood. She never authorized sick-day passes to her kids for runny noses, coughs or fevers. So when my kids cried, "Mommy, I don't feel good," I sent them to school anyway.

"Shake it off," ...

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