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Why has a vaccine been developed for the flu and for the common cold?
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∙ 12y ago
Because people are scared to get the flu and think that the flu vaccine will halp them. The government makes too much money off of them to stop selling the vaccines even though they are for last years strand of the flu and don't prevent you from getting the flu that is currently going around during flu season. The common cold is easy to get rid of with over the counter medicine but if the government can sell a special vacine to make more money they will. Not trying to sound anti government.
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Is there a vaccine for the common cold?
No. There is a vaccine for the flu and H1N1, but not for the common cold. But all you need for the common cold is TLC and a little bit of orange-flavored Delsum. :)
Why is there no immunisation for colds?
because there are too many types of the common cold to make a vaccine.
Why is it that a new vaccination for the common cold needs to be made every year?
Common cold is caused by a virus. Viruses, when infecting people, constantly change, so scientists always have to make a new vaccine.
Why is vaccine developed for influenza but not for rhinovirus?
Because the rhinovirus (which is one virus that causes the common cold) mutates and changes its structure extremely frequently as do the other viruses that cause the common cold, such as Coronaviruses, and any of the others of hundreds of viruses that cause colds. While influenza strains also mutate, it is not as quickly as cold viruses that almost constantly are mutating, resulting in several dozen active viruses in any one locality. In addition, influenza has proven reasonably easy to grow in labs for study and for vaccine production, while cultivating rhinoviruses has proven very difficult.
What is the cold sore vaccine?
At the end of 2013, there is no commercially available vaccine for herpes simplex, the virus that causes cold sores.
What is the differences between vaccine and injections?
Injections are given for treatment while vaccines are given to produce antbodies to protect the recipients from specific diseases
Why would it be difficult to find a vaccine to be used against the common cold?
Because such a wide-spread virus would be constantly mutating.
Do flu viruses have a high mutation rate?
Yes, viruses do mutate very easily. This is one reason the cure for the common cold is so elusive, before a vaccine can be created for the strain of rhinovirus or other virus that is causing the currently circulating common cold, the viruses will have often mutated to a new form making a vaccine ineffective.
What is the current cold virus?
Cold viruses are constantly mutating into different forms which is one of the reasons that there is no vaccine to prevent the common cold yet (the virus mutates before a vaccine can be developed in time to prevent that strain and a new strain takes its place.) There are currently many many cold viruses in circulation, each mutating over and over, so as soon as someone might identify the type in a specific location, it will change to different types. Colds are usually caused by the rhinovirus (up to 40% of colds), or Coronaviruses (about 20%), but there are more than 200 viruses that can cause the common cold that each can rapidly mutate into new forms, which circumvents our ability to gain immunity.
Can viruses be cured by vaccines?
No. Vaccinations are for preventing infectious diseases, not treating or curing them.
Is there a vaccine to prevent s croup or cold?
the answer is no.
What is the most common respiratory system disease?
Quite simply because it is not "the" common cold. There are over 300 different 'common cold' diseases. That, by the way, is why you cannot create a vaccine for the cold. Once you have had one of the 300+ colds, you are immune to it, and will never catch it, again. Since there are over 300 common cold diseases, there are many more of them than any other respiratory ailments.
