Why doesnt cold have a cure...or our body immunity for it?
By cambiste
@cambiste (1244)
India
September 8, 2008 6:27pm CST
Havent you wondered?
We can get chickenpox once in our life, then we develop immunity for it. We can get dengue only 1ce in our life - then immunity.
But cold comes, goes, and comes back, takes 2 months to leave, comes again - why an average person can catch cold twice a year - I'm average.
Isnt there a cure for cold? Cant we gain immunity against it?
1 response
@Areus13 (25)
• Canada
9 Sep 08
The bacteria that causes a cold is similar to mice, or ants, or, of course, the cockroach*, in the way that it has the ability to adapt insanely quickly. You see, while doctors and scientist could, and do, easily make cures for it, the cure can only be used once, or maybe twice, before it's developed immunity to the cure. So you can look at it this way: we can only have the chicken pox once, before becoming immune. Bacteria can only be affected by cold cures once, before becoming immune.
*I say especially the cockroach because they are they epitome of adaptability. If there is a nuclear war the spans the entire world, cockroaches will be the only survivors.
