Would you go up to a person coughing in a waiting room & insist they cover their

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I was in a waiting room at a doctor's office a couple of weeks ago and a man came up and sat down and promptly started coughing and not bothering to cover his mouth. I didn't even have time to move away from the flow of germs coming from him. I was annoyed at the time as it was obvious he wasn't feeling well. Now I am extremely PO'd because he managed to spread his illness to me. I have been sick for the past week with a sore throat and then it turned into a serious cold. My BF and I have had to delay our trip because of how sick I was. I also am an asthmatic so there is even more concerns about my getting over the cold. I don't want to go back to the doctor because of what I could pick up from the idiots sitting there hacking their brains out and not bothering to cover their mouth. I have made two decisions about a situation like what happened, first I won't go into anymore crowded waiting areas (I'll wait outside instead) and secondly I won't hesitate to inform the offending person about how inconsiderate they are by insisting on spreading their germs by not covering their mouths when they cough. There are a lot of older fragile citizens that a cold could land them in the hospital for an extended period of time. I went out for the first time yesterday and I carried a bandanna with me to cough into so I could control my germs. I also about burned my tongue off with cough drops so I wouldn't have the urge to cough. If I could have avoided it I wouldn't have gone out at all, except I needed to get groceries. From the illness that that idiot passed on to me I have coughed so violently that I have thrown up. I know that is where I picked up the virus as the incubation time is right and I have the same cough that idiot had. My question for you is would you insist that the person cover their mouth? If the office offers masks for people who do have illnesses, would you get one for the person and inform them that they need to use it?