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Ask HN: Why is Common Cold incurable?
- Frenchgeek 9y ago"Well over 200 virus strains are implicated in the cause of the common cold" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold
- davelnewton 9y agoBecause there are a ton of viruses that cause it, there are a lot of things that look like colds but aren't, things that could kill a cold may be too high a risk since a cold is a relatively minor thing, etc. That said, there may (or may not) be broad-spectrum anti-virals on the way (1-2 decades) This is trivially searchable on the web, btw, e.g., https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/you-cant-beat-the-common-cold-and-thats-a-fact/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/you-cant-beat-the-common-co....