From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Tim Desher, and this is Heritage Explains.

The flu virus hits big.

With aches, chills, and fever.

There's no such thing as a little flu.

And it needs a big solution.

An antiviral.

So when the flu hits, call your doctor right away and up the ante with antiviral Tamiflu.

The flu sucks. Everything out of you.

The fever, aches, and chills can flatten you fast.

Prescriptions o'Fluza can help you feel better in just over two days.

We've all seen the goofy commercials on TV that feature someone with a pale face, in their pajamas, sneezing and coughing into ravaged tissues, looking like they're knocking on heaven's door about to meet their maker.

And if you've had the flu, you know it's no goof.

It is the worst.

In fact, I would rather have a month of a cold than one day of the flu.

Maybe that's why almost every commercial selling a flu remedy is humorous.

It's so bad there's nothing left to do but laugh at it.

Then again, maybe we can laugh at it because we've developed ways to get through the flu, and we know we can make a full recovery.

But what if we didn't know how to deal with the flu?

Enter coronavirus.

We need to be clear. We're basically at a pandemic now. So maybe you've heard about coronavirus. We need to be clear.

We're basically at a pandemic now.

So maybe you've heard about coronavirus.

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