Managed to avoid the sickness bug but we've had the awful cough one. I rarely take anything and I'm usually the last one in the family with a cold and the least ill. This time I had to take to my bed and I took three paracetamols over the course of two days so I could sleep. Ted was also really bad with it and the kids have both had it. Just about everyone I talk to has had it and it seems to take several weeks before the cough goes away completely