correlation

I'm not going to claim that correlation equals causation, but I will say that on Monday, my coworker and I had the same horrible throat pain.

On Monday night, I started taking elderberry syrup.

By Tuesday, he went home sick. 

Wednesday, he stayed home sick. 

Me? I kept taking elderberry syrup, and but for the spring allergies, I feel pretty good.

Like I said, I make no claims of causation here. I'm just pointing out a correlation.