Want to avoid swine flu? Catch a cold ....

Stan_Lite · 13-11-2009, 05:30

... according to New Scientist.

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Originally Posted by New Scientist

In France, flu cases rose in early September, then stayed at about 160 per 100,000 people until late October, when numbers started rising again. The delayed rise was puzzling, says Jean-Sebastien Casalegno of the French national flu lab at the University of Lyon.

He reports that the percentage of throat swabs from French respiratory illnesses that tested positive for swine flu fell in September, while at the same time rhinovirus, which causes colds, rose (Eurosurveillance, vol 14, p 19390). He told New Scientist that in late October, rhinovirus fell - at the same time as flu rose. He suspects rhinovirus may have blocked the spread of swine flu via a process called viral interference.

This is thought to occur when one virus blocks another. "We think that when you get one infection, it turns on your antiviral defences, and excludes the other viruses," says Ab Osterhaus at the University of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

If you have a cold, it could be saving your life

kaiowas · 13-11-2009, 09:42

rhinovirus? They're blatently just making this crap up now.

"Sorry, I can't come in to work today i've got Hippo Fever"

Fayshun · 13-11-2009, 09:54

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Originally Posted by kaiowas

rhinovirus? They're blatently just making this crap up now.

Rhino as in latin for nose.

Goose · 13-11-2009, 11:28

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Originally Posted by kaiowas

"Sorry, I can't come in to work today i've got Hippo Fever"

You have the temperature of a horse?

Will · 13-11-2009, 11:37

Or just don't get ill

Mondo · 13-11-2009, 14:31

I seem to have a mild cold all year round anyway. lol

Jingo · 13-11-2009, 14:35

I've been feeling under the weather on and off for the past month now... But I'm just too stubborn to let anything get in the way of a Saturday night party!

Piggymon · 13-11-2009, 18:36

Well I've had a cold for about a month now so I should be ok

Von Smallhausen · 13-11-2009, 20:04

I have shingles.

Rar.

Mark · 14-11-2009, 00:52

Oh no.

Hope you get over it quicker than my mum. She came off the painkillers a few weeks ago - after several months.

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