Dealing with the common cold as the year grows colder – The Robesonian

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There is a vaccine for COVID-19, and for influenza, but as the oft-repeated statement says, there is no cure for the common cold. The Center for Disease Control website states the most likely times to catch a cold are in the spring and winter, and the Mayo Clinic states fall and winter as the time periods when people are most at risk of catching a cold, and both state colds can be caught year-round.

So, are the winter months and their associated reverly accompanied by an increase in heath risks?

According to the University of North Carolina Health website, differentiating between common colds and influenza or flu isnt easy. Some notable distinguishing factors are how quickly the symptoms take hold, rapidly with the flu and much more slowly for the common cold.

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Dealing with the common cold as the year grows colder - The Robesonian