cough
A cough is a physiological phenomenon that hijacks the microphone from the podium of your airways with the flair of a one-shot performance. Its auditory presence is disproportionately excessive, yet it is often ignored, secretly amplifying the smoldering anxiety in your throat. It expands social distance with surgical precision, grants the indulgence of illness, and doubles as a catalyst for mask-wearing culture. In doing so, it shatters the silence of even the most solemn boardrooms, instantly turning everyone into a self-centered audience.