IIRC, most "colds" are caused by strain of either adenovirus or rhinovirus. There is or was someone on this forum who claimed to be a virologist, but I forget the screenname.
I couldn't say much about viruses more than they can be either DNA or RNA, single or double stranded, usually covered by an an assortment of glycoproteins that depend on obligate intracellular parasitism.
As far as taxonamy goes, it appears to me that adenovirus or rhinovirus are the name of the genus, and strain is used for the name of the species. Any corrections will be appreciated.
I think it was Kelly2000, iirc, she was working on her doctorate, again iirc.
We never get colds/flu.
But this year due to I am guessing both of us having health problems and only getting out to get fresh veggies/fruit every two weeks we have come home with a bug everytime.
Same story all over our small rural cut off from the big world community.
Almost if something is laying dormant in us and coming back.
Started out in the bones as in every injury and joint then the next time it was a shoulders/sinus then a gastro/sinus now we both are down with head colds.
This is over just a 2 month span.
Our friends who have more serious health issues get it worse like down in the lungs. I have a feeling the fact that they have pre existing illness and smoke may be what allows the bug to go in to bronchitis and or pneumonia.
So that is all I know from personal exp. never get sick and this year started in Oct and have not been well.
Also we got our usual flu shot but because we got it so early the Doc says we will need another one in the spring do to the longer flu seasons, we are not going to no thanks.
Also we have the last two times went grocery shopping at midnight when no families (school kids) are out.
Being a health careprovider 28yrs I am well aware of hand washing and all the abc of preventative care.
Having trach care to do coughing is essential so I might remind all ya’ll if you have a cough with normal breathing it is a GOOD thing, like sneezing it is the body’s way of clearing secreations.
Unlike the rest of you we are able to take the time to rest, drink tons of liqued and one thing I make the quad son do is get up twice a day and sit in his chair to work them lungs when he has a bug in the resp. system.
I like to use a child’s dose daily year around of Mucinex even though he is an adult and it really helps bring up the lung fossils (deep junk) related to his under pre existing health issues.
No more classes at OSU with college kids where we are packed in like sardines (really kids sitting on the floor it is so crowded).
We are now getting lectures on DVD. However that is due to the decline in his over all health this last year.
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