More bullshit explaining why they can't cure the common cold
- Thread starter Bluce Ree
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More money....er...research is needed to develop new drugs for the C variant of the rhinovirus.
shavedape
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Bluce Ree
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More money....er...research is needed to develop new drugs for the C variant of the rhinovirus.
When you read this:
"Together with rhinoviruses A and B, the recently discovered virus is responsible for millions of illnesses yearly at an estimated annual cost of more than $40 billion in the United States alone."
It becomes quite clear why there is no "cure" for the common cold. The A and B variants have been around so long they've probably mapped it out in its entirety and know exactly how to eradicate it. But, hey, now we have C and that makes all the efforts done against A and B pointless even though A and B account for the majority of the world's common cold. In any case, C is a variant and it would be just a matter of time before they adapt any vaccines against it as well, just like they mysteriously do with the influenza virus that magically mutates EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
The flu shot industry hums along happily at over a BILLION dollars annually, even when the shot is given away for free (because the government pays for them). Curing the common cold would put some companies out of business.
Perhaps, but the rhinovirus has been studied even more than the polio virus, yet polio was cured, as was smallpox, chicken pox and measles.
What's really interesting is that most everyone I know who is nutritionally aware and cooks their own food just do not get colds much (not at all). Myself included. Once every two years or three? Yeah, but they are mild and last no more than a few days or a week. No flu at all. Part of healthy bodies is getting them sick. Strange but true. Getting a cold makes you stronger against them in the future. Vaccines are not on my list of remedies, since I have had all of the relevant ones against debilitating illnesses. I refuse to take one for any flu or cold. It's hilarious seeing those who go out and get flu shots actually get the very flu they were trying to avoid (probably from the shot).
shavedape
Well Known GateFan
What's really interesting is that most everyone I know who is nutritionally aware and cooks their own food just do not get colds much (not at all). Myself included. Once every two years or three? Yeah, but they are mild and last no more than a few days or a week. No flu at all. Part of healthy bodies is getting them sick. Strange but true. Getting a cold makes you stronger against them in the future. Vaccines are not on my list of remedies, since I have had all of the relevant ones against debilitating illnesses. I refuse to take one for any flu or cold. It's hilarious seeing those who go out and get flu shots actually get the very flu they were trying to avoid (probably from the shot).
My mom got the flu shot and then she got the flu this year. Same with my brother whose doctor actually confirmed it, so this wasn't just my bro claiming he had the flu without really knowing for sure.
At any rate, I lecture these people about vitamin D and eating healthier but they never listen and they always get the flu and colds. I on the other hand, don't. And I've never gotten a flu shot in my life.
My mom got the flu shot and then she got the flu this year. Same with my brother whose doctor actually confirmed it, so this wasn't just my bro claiming he had the flu without really knowing for sure.
At any rate, I lecture these people about vitamin D and eating healthier but they never listen and they always get the flu and colds. I on the other hand, don't. And I've never gotten a flu shot in my life.
Me either. If I recall, even when the first flu shot came out, a significant number of people actually contracted the flu. According to the CDC, the shot is less effective on people older than 65, even though that age group seems the most likely to want to get protection from the vaccine rather than get sick from it. Makes no sense.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/vaccineeffect.htm
DOUBLETALK EXCERPT FROM THAT LINK:
While the effectiveness of the flu vaccine can be lower among older people, there are seasons when significant benefit can be observed in terms of averting illness that results in a doctor’s visit. Even if the vaccine provides less protection in older adults than it might in younger people, some protection is better than no protection at all, especially in this high risk group.
WTF did they just say?
I will never get one of those flu shots. If I need a booster shot, then I will be susceptible to any new flu and by being exposed to it my body can create it's own vaccine.
Bluce Ree
Tech Admin / Council Member
I've never had a flu shot. So, either I'm perpetually in a flu-state with no symptoms or my body is not busy fighting off a deliberately inflicted infection for the futile purpose of creating antibodies against something that will apparently mutate all on its own in a year anyway.
See, but you eat well and you have an extra strong immune system because of your bodybuilding and diet. There is a definite correlation between nutrition and the immune system IMO. The "heathcare" industry profits only on illness and sickness, obesity and addiction.