[Karl Spooner]

What good is this if modern medicine they can't cure the common cold?

[eyedigress]

They can tell you if you ever had one.

[ClearCase_guy]

So, here’s my question:

Isn’t every rhinovirus (common cold) a rather unique virus? Isn’t that why it’s so hard to cure the common cold? Because it’s different every time? If this test lists every virus you’ve had, won’t it list about 60 colds that you’ve had in your lifetime? And do they all have names? I mean, the “mumps” virus is one thing, but the cold I had in the winter of 1979 was really bad — but how will it be identified (named)?

[ourworldawry]

“What good is this if modern medicine they can’t cure the common cold?”

Sounds like just another way to skin the cat, is all.