Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/2cAaR6gfQwQ   Runny, stuffy noses may become more welcome since cold viruses have the unexpected benefit of preventing the flu.  Yale laboratory medicine researchers tabulated 3 years of clinical data from some 13,000 patients.   Their data show that rhinovirus-infected cells present closed doors to the influenza viruses for about 5 days.  When cold viruses enter human cells they trigger production of the anti-viral agents called interferons.    Though they have no evidence as yet, the researchers speculate that cold viruses could offer some protection against CoVid19 as well.  I wouldn’t purposely go out looking for a cold but maybe don’t dread one either as it may be the best of 3 evils.   https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(20)30114-2/fulltext   #influenza #colds #covid #rhinovirus