DayZ field wiki · Medical
Influenza
Wet plus cold is a job
Short answer
A cold in this game is not a sniffle you joke through. Dry clothes. Heat. Food. Then the pill if you still tick.
Also: flu · cold · fever
How it works
Rain, rivers, and standing still in a breeze write influenza. Vitamins and tetra show up in the same pouch for a reason.
What to do
Get dry before you get heroic. Fire, a stove, a raincoat, a building.
Don't
Don't treat a vitamin as a cholera cure.