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Trying to get some stuff straight. - There are 200 types of common cold viruses. - 10-40% colds are caused by rhinoviruses, 160 human types = mostly spring/summer colds - 20% caused by 4 human types of coronaviruses, more winter colds - 20% RSV (1 virus, hits kids more)
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- There are 3 non-common-cold coronaviruses that cause more serious illness, making a total of 7. They are: SARS-CoV-1, MERS, and SARS-CoV-2 - The 4 regular coronaviruses are 229E (alpha coronavirus), NL63 (alpha coronavirus), OC43 (beta coronavirus), HKU1 (beta coronavirus)
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- We don’t have a common cold vaccine because there’s too many - We don’t even know the cause of ~20% but they are presumed viral - Flu is more severe and has a vaccine because it’s only 3 virus families: A, B C. - All flu pandemics are from the type A, with the HxNy typology
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I've been wondering about this lately. How many strains of the coronavirus will exist by the time a "vaccine" is developed? Could COVID-19 be a new, deadlier common cold?
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