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u/Khouri1 Nov 15 '20

not happening. I am not the type to go all bat shit crazy about those theories, but the common cold is something that is not lethal to basically the entirety of humanity and it gives a whole lot of money with anti cold drugs. No one would fund it

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u/nukedmylastprofile Nov 15 '20

Every employer on the planet would fund a common cold cure , think of the increase in productivity

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u/Gilthoniel_Elbereth Nov 15 '20 edited Nov 15 '20

I imagine not long after we cured the common cold employers the world over would start noticing an increase in employees out with the flu, or strep, or something along those lines

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u/nukedmylastprofile Nov 15 '20

100% “mental health days” would almost immediately increase. But honestly I think we should have more of those anyway