Thread: Cure for the Common Cold

ZOMG I read in the daily mail yesterday that there was one. Yes, that paper again. I can't help it it's so addictive to read. It said that a pill had been developed which has been proven to remove all the symptoms of a cold and so far I haven't found any evidence on the net to back this up. Plus I found it rather odd as to why it wasn't front page news. Wouldn't CURE FOR COMMON COLD! AMAZING MEDICAL ADVANCEMENT be exciting enough for people! Are the editors just being assholes and playing with us! I'm tearing my hear out!!!!!

In truth that does not sound like a cure. At present you can eliminate cold symptoms with enough over the counter medicine.

A "cure" is not something that medicine is capable of; it merely hides the symptoms until the body does the curing. If it is one of the better medicines, it actually aids the body, but in the case of cold medicine, it only makes you feel better while actually harming you; however slightly.

Perhaps I am splitting hairs.

A cure isn't impossible; it just requires a level of technology that we don't have right now. A cure for the cold would involve injestion of specially tailored molecules that would target and destroy the infected cells and the viruses.

Originally Posted by drewmandan

A cure isn't impossible; it just requires a level of technology that we don't have right now. A cure for the cold would involve injestion of specially tailored molecules that would target and destroy the infected cells and the viruses.

That's more like amputation. A cure would be something that would repair and disinfect the affected cells.

Originally Posted by Schmaven

That's more like amputation. A cure would be something that would repair and disinfect the affected cells.

No, a cure would dry the affected cells, probably by smoking, to seal in their flavor.

Originally Posted by Schmaven

That's more like amputation. A cure would be something that would repair and disinfect the affected cells.

Oh? I wasn't aware that legs grew back in mere days, like cells.

Originally Posted by drewmandan

Oh? I wasn't aware that legs grew back in mere days, like cells.

if you're lizardman it does!

Originally Posted by drewmandan

Oh? I wasn't aware that legs grew back in mere days, like cells.

Well I wouldn't consider eliminating any infested cell or virus a good thing. Sure, eliminate dead cells, but damaged cells can be repaired. And who said anything about legs growing back? My point is if you have a lot of infested cells, and you eliminate all of them, you will have no cells left in that area with which to rebuild. It's like having a lamp repair shop, but using a shot gun as your only tool to fix lamps. Sure, you can just blow it away and buy a new one, but that's not fixing it.