Posted on 03/24/2021 5:26:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Coronavirus researchers are looking at fighting fire with fire.
A new study published Tuesday in the Journal of Infectious Diseases suggests that the human rhinovirus, otherwise known as the “common cold,” helps block SARS-CoV-2 from replicating in the respiratory tract.
Scientists at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) now believe that this natural immune response to the cold may also provide significant protections from COVID-19. Thus, those with both pathogens present in their body may be uniquely fortified against a deadlier coronavirus.
The results have led researchers to believe that the beneficial viral interaction could help reduce the number of new coronavirus cases — though it could mean more folks risking their health to catch a cold.
Previous research has revealed how the rhinovirus, the most widespread respiratory virus in humans, can affect the severity and pathology of other infections present in the body.
“Our research shows that human rhinovirus triggers an innate immune response in human respiratory epithelial cells which blocks the replication of the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2,” said Pablo Murcia, study author and University of Glasgow professor. “This means that the immune response caused by mild, common cold virus infections, could provide some level of transient protection against SARS-CoV-2, potentially blocking transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and reducing the severity of COVID-19.”
Murcia and his team hope to continue their research to determine “what is happening at a molecular level” between the two viruses.
“We can then use this knowledge to our advantage, hopefully developing strategies and control measures for COVID-19 infections.”
“In the meantime, vaccination is our best method of protection against COVID-19,” Murcia added.
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Similar findings have already been put into action in Russia, where their Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus was developed using a modified version of the adenovirus, which also causes cold symptoms.
Dr. Fauci ( if you still find him credible) recently vouched for Sputnik V, saying it appears “quite effective.”
I get a sniffle...Double dose Vit C....and a cold never happens.
The common cold comes from a corona virus
And don’t forget the best remedy of all : weed
perhaps hiding from the virus is not the best approach after all....perhaps looking to the immune system and using it as intended is
Gee....we heard this very early on, in this PlanDEMic. It was stifled though, for FRAUDci’s Forced Folly.
What is the easiest method to catch the common cold? I want to catch it!
well if your in a cool area going outside without a jacket for a while could do it. I just had one a week and half ago because of that here in Pa. Also just got my First shot today for the virus. Thank goodness.
I tend to get sick easily. Low immune system and elderly.
Being outside in cold weather doesn’t give you a cold virus. I’ve lived in the upper midwest my entire 60 years. Never had had a cold from”cold”.
Sure, if you have already contracted a virus, which we do in cold season, it can tax your already compromised immune system. Cold doesn’t ‘cause’ colds. Dry weather and lack of humidity, people sick and coughing around you and you get the droplets or touch something causes colds. Same as it always was, same as it always be./hat tip Talking Heads
12-20% of the “common colds” come from any one of four different viruses in the coronavirus family. About 40% are caused by a rhinovirus. In all, about 200 different viruses cause the symptoms we collectively refer to as “the common cold”.
That’s also why there’s no vaccine for the “common cold”. To develop and test a vaccine against over 200 different viruses would cost a fortune. And nobody’s going to pay $30,000 to avoid getting a cold. So no vaccine.
For any approved thought to enter the cranial cavity it must first pass through the mass media membrane. Most thoughts are wrapped in a climate change coating, but this one enters via an injection deception.
That’s been one of the early theories as to why younger children on the whole (obviously there are exceptions) have not proven to be very good vectors of COVID19 because they have way above average exposure to other coronaviruses vs. the population as a whole.
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I've heard a similar theory regarding the relatively low impact in East Asia and Australasia: coronaviruses are far more prevalent there than in the rest of the world.
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