Look, I'm not usually one to plug a commercial product. I have blogged in the past on Allienware Notebooks and iMate Smartphones, but they're more in the way of product reviews and I wasn't outright askking you to buy.
Today I am.
Vicks are running a promotion right now that, to leap on an obvious pun, will get right up Meryl Dorey's nose.
The Road To Relief campaign offers to vaccinate one child for each Vicks' product purchased. I'm currently suffering with what I believe is a bastardised combination of Marburg, Ebola and West Nile disease, which Esther says is a mild cold, so I went right out and purchased a marked pack of Vicks. I, therefore, have vaccinated a child in a disadvantaged situation against a disease which could potentially kill them.
I would encourage everyone I know to do the same. Look, at some point, you'll get a cold. Rhinovirus is shitty and difficult to prevent, so at some point it will happen. So buy your anti-cold comfort products now, while they still have the Road To Relief tag on them, and help save a life as well as giving yourself some mild relief from symptoms.
There's a lot to be debated about the efficacy of off-the-shelf cold and flu products, but I'll happily promote them right now because whether they do any good to you or not, the purchase could save a life.
posted @ Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:04 PM