My sore throat - the movie trailer

The germ was a more worthy foe than it first appeared.
Last year I thought I had defeated it for good. The cold. The flu. The dreaded lurgy.
In the epic battle between good and a sore throat I thought I was invincible,
but my arrogance was unjustified, and now it's back!
It honed in on my one weakness - insomnia, and has thereby struck a blow against
my immune system.
Can I outwit the tenacious microbes with a combination of wacky ideas
from the internet and logic, or am I doomed to week-long illness a couple
of times a year for the rest of my life?