Was the COVID jab helpful in preventing colds?
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Difficult to say, some strains of the cold virus may have died out because they couldn't spread like they usually would because of social distancing, meaning there are less colds to actually catch. I'm not sure the CV19 virus (and therefore the vaccine) are closely related enough for a countermeasure to work against both, but I could be wrong.
IIRC, and for the avoidance of doubt, I'm not a health professional, but the common cold and covid are both in the group of Corona Viruses. My guess is that the covid jab wouldn't necessarily prevent a cold from happening but it might make the typical symptoms less severe than normal.
No.
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/reverse-engineer...
But I'm sure social distancing, working from home, etc might have helped.
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/reverse-engineer...
But I'm sure social distancing, working from home, etc might have helped.
It didn't even stop people catching COVID or passing it on. I don't really understand why the government effectively forced everyone to get it by making life as difficult as possible.
I wonder what percentage of the Moderna vaccine was correctly stored at minus 70 degrees?
Call me cynical but after project "frighten the s
t out of everyone and totally over react so we can force them to stay at home" they had to be seen as doing something, even if it didn't work.
I wonder what percentage of the Moderna vaccine was correctly stored at minus 70 degrees?
Call me cynical but after project "frighten the s
t out of everyone and totally over react so we can force them to stay at home" they had to be seen as doing something, even if it didn't work.Louis Balfour said:
popeyewhite said:
Lol, no.
You may lol young white. There is no evidence for the flu jab protecting against colds, AFAIK. I have met several medics who advocate for it to prevent colds.
Anyway I'm sure you realize the covid virus is a different virus to the common cold virus (rhinovirus).
popeyewhite said:
Louis Balfour said:
popeyewhite said:
Lol, no.
You may lol young white. There is no evidence for the flu jab protecting against colds, AFAIK. I have met several medics who advocate for it to prevent colds.Anyway I'm sure you realize the covid virus is a different virus to the common cold virus (rhinovirus).
RustyMX5 said:
IIRC, and for the avoidance of doubt, I'm not a health professional, but the common cold and covid are both in the group of Corona Viruses. My guess is that the covid jab wouldn't necessarily prevent a cold from happening but it might make the typical symptoms less severe than normal.
a whole group of various viruses cause what's known as 'the common cold'. coronaviruses are simply one (small) subset of that group and there are rather a lot of other (RSV/rhinovirus etcetcetc) that will do so. Louis Balfour said:
popeyewhite said:
Louis Balfour said:
popeyewhite said:
Lol, no.
You may lol young white. There is no evidence for the flu jab protecting against colds, AFAIK. I have met several medics who advocate for it to prevent colds.Anyway I'm sure you realize the covid virus is a different virus to the common cold virus (rhinovirus).
popeyewhite said:
Louis Balfour said:
popeyewhite said:
Louis Balfour said:
popeyewhite said:
Lol, no.
You may lol young white. There is no evidence for the flu jab protecting against colds, AFAIK. I have met several medics who advocate for it to prevent colds.Anyway I'm sure you realize the covid virus is a different virus to the common cold virus (rhinovirus).
wikipedia said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold
Well over 200 virus strains are implicated in causing the common cold, with rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, adenoviruses and enteroviruses being the most common.
Well over 200 virus strains are implicated in causing the common cold, with rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, adenoviruses and enteroviruses being the most common.
Wiki? Bit more effort please!
By far the most common strain of cold virus is rhinovirus, as I said. If you really think that you had no colds in the timespan you mention because any cold passing round was a coronavirus and because you'd had the vaccine you didn't get it you should pinch yourself and ask whether other factors were more relevant.
By far the most common strain of cold virus is rhinovirus, as I said. If you really think that you had no colds in the timespan you mention because any cold passing round was a coronavirus and because you'd had the vaccine you didn't get it you should pinch yourself and ask whether other factors were more relevant.
popeyewhite said:
Wiki? Bit more effort please!
By far the most common strain of cold virus is rhinovirus, as I said. If you really think that you had no colds in the timespan you mention because any cold passing round was a coronavirus and because you'd had the vaccine you didn't get it you should pinch yourself and ask whether other factors were more relevant.
Between 10-40% are rhinoviruses.By far the most common strain of cold virus is rhinovirus, as I said. If you really think that you had no colds in the timespan you mention because any cold passing round was a coronavirus and because you'd had the vaccine you didn't get it you should pinch yourself and ask whether other factors were more relevant.
All kind of irrelevant.
It wasn't even particularly helpful in preventing covid infections. It wasn't even made to prevent infection.
Pretty much everyone I know and work with have been vaccinated, they've all been ill and had colds since 2021.
Many of which have said what they've had has been worse than covid and the frequency of illness had increased.
And, no, that isn't me saying vaccination made them ill. It's me pointing out your experience is not one shared with, pretty much, anyone I know.
It wasn't even particularly helpful in preventing covid infections. It wasn't even made to prevent infection.
Pretty much everyone I know and work with have been vaccinated, they've all been ill and had colds since 2021.
Many of which have said what they've had has been worse than covid and the frequency of illness had increased.
And, no, that isn't me saying vaccination made them ill. It's me pointing out your experience is not one shared with, pretty much, anyone I know.
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