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While correlation is not causation, I find it interesting that the human immune system only remembers the common cold and seasonal influenza for several months,
by dannyw 6y ago
While correlation is not causation, I find it interesting that the human immune system only remembers the common cold and seasonal influenza for several months, but diseases like the polio for much longer.
https://biology.stackexchange.com/a/21802 https://biology.stackexchange.com/a/21802
- TylerE 6y ago"The common cold" is a loose nebula of hundreds of different, unrelated, virus strains. They're not even all the same TYPE of virus.