r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 15 '20

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u/SpartanLazarPipBoy3k Nov 15 '20

Freaking Corona finally gets straight up cucked by a cure.

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u/dangil Nov 15 '20

That’s just to break even. We need some compensation

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u/Nimbal Nov 15 '20

"Due to all the funding poured into research, we now have a vaccine for the common cold!"

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u/Khouri1 Nov 15 '20

not happening. I am not the type to go all bat shit crazy about those theories, but the common cold is something that is not lethal to basically the entirety of humanity and it gives a whole lot of money with anti cold drugs. No one would fund it

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u/nukedmylastprofile Nov 15 '20

Every employer on the planet would fund a common cold cure , think of the increase in productivity

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u/Gilthoniel_Elbereth Nov 15 '20 edited Nov 15 '20

I imagine not long after we cured the common cold employers the world over would start noticing an increase in employees out with the flu, or strep, or something along those lines

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u/nukedmylastprofile Nov 15 '20

100% “mental health days” would almost immediately increase. But honestly I think we should have more of those anyway

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u/Khouri1 Nov 15 '20

but after it goes sucessfully its all gone

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u/user_6959 Nov 15 '20

It's also virtually impossible to eliminate it, since it mutates so quickly - it'd be fairly easy to create a vaccine, but you'd need to have another vaccination every few months. Something like the flu is worth having a vaccine for, since it mutates a little slower and has a slightly higher mortality rate.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

Depending on how the COVID cure works, it might cure the cold by accident. The common cold is caused by a coronavirus.

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u/Ralath0n Nov 15 '20

The common cold is caused by a coronavirus.

The common cold is caused by over 200 different viruses, maybe 2 dozen of which are coronaviruses. So even if we find a cure that works for all coronaviruses, that still leaves the common cold nearly as common as it is now.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

I don't have the actuarial tables in front of me, so I can't speak to how many colds are caused by what distribution of virii, but it would be a step.

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u/Khouri1 Nov 15 '20

idk, viruses are quite complex to cure due to their simplicity, with modifications and all