A word used a lot here as a humorous stand in for colds etc - https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/lurgy

Yeah but the main benefit is everyone else wearing them to prevent the spread in the first place.

I wish wearing masks on public transport remained normalised

Third day of rush hour public transport. I just know im about to come down with the lurgy

Wouldn’t most of those who wish not to fund .ml just want to put their money into piefed or other lemmy compatible alternatives?