Health
Common cold could help stop you getting Covid-19 – Daily Record
It may provide a “temporary buffer against getting another virus” while the body is all “revved up” to fight it.
Scientists are looking at whether the common cold could offer some protection against contracting Covid-19.
A recent study by Yale University found that rhinovirus the most frequent cause of cold could jump-start the bodys antiviral defences, providing protection against the flu.
Researchers explained it may provide a temporary buffer against getting another virus while the body is all revved up to fight it.
They are now looking at whether introduction of the cold virus before infection b…
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