Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ...
by techrat on Monday April 26, 2021 @10:51PM
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The 'common cold' is any one of hundreds of different viruses... with many different types of viruses within those hundred+ that are commonly spread.
Covid is a specific class of virus (coronavirus) of which there are relatively few variants.
If it cost $20 Billion to deal with Covid, you'd have to spend at least 100 times that for each and every individual strain of virus that tends to be viewed as one 'common cold.'
Oh, and we've already been trying to cure the 'common cold' for decades. The problem is that there's just too many of 'em.
Covid is a specific class of virus (coronavirus) of which there are relatively few variants.
If it cost $20 Billion to deal with Covid, you'd have to spend at least 100 times that for each and every individual strain of virus that tends to be viewed as one 'common cold.'
Oh, and we've already been trying to cure the 'common cold' for decades. The problem is that there's just too many of 'em.