If a cold germ makes you cough uncontrollably...

[Cats]

...is that your body trying to clear itself of the infection, or is it the parasite germ tickling the back of your throat so that you'll spread it to other hosts?

 

[keytar]

Finally a post worthy of the title 'Deep Thoughts'

 

[The Evil Midnight Bomber]

It's both, the virus wants to propagate itself and the body wants to get rid of it. The wonders of evolution.

 

[Astro Loafo]

If a cold germ makes you cough uncontrollably...​

Imagine what a cup of cum would do

 

[Named User]

It’s like having even more raw sex when the syphilis test comes back positive. Both.

 

[Troonos]

You can't clear an infection by coughing. You can, however, clear your lungs of mucus by coughing.

 

[Otterly]

Deep indeed. Both?
Very few OTC cough medicines work (at least this side of the pond, Americans can probably still buy liquid crack or whatever.) but NAC and bromhexine will thin the mucous, might help a bit.