{"id":2193,"date":"2019-09-10T17:54:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T16:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2193"},"modified":"2021-04-05T14:34:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T13:34:33","slug":"rolling-with-the-punches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samjwatkins.com\/blog\/?p=2193","title":{"rendered":"Rolling with the punches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like many, I am sitting here with a cold: the first nasty cold of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I get immunised against flu each year, so I know it&#8217;s just a cold.  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