A nasty and I mean, NASTY respiratory bug swept through Vancouver last November.

I got it as did some of my coworkers and just random people on the street with whom i struck up conversation,

It was sort of a weapons grade cold and sore throat but with a disgusting hoarse cough and laboured breathing that persisted for for 2 to 3 weeks.

I and many others I spoke to were given chest X-rays and puffers.