Feb 1, 2016
Rhinovirus. Rhino = nose. The cold virus accesses the body through the nose and mouth, and it uses the cells in the sinuses and throat to replicate.
Viruses require a host cell to replicate, therefore they don't live very long outside of a host. The cold virus can live on a surface for about 3 hours.
During the initial infection and multiplication stages (first 3 days), you are the most contagious even though you have no symptoms of being sick.
"Morning sniffles" not a cold.
Your tonsils are a major hub of your immune system. So, when your body recognizes that it's been infected by a virus, the immune system is activated. Sometimes, the first symptom people experience with a cold is a sore throat because the tonsils go into overdrive when the immune system is activated.
Always wash your hands (in soap and water or hand sanitizer). Touching your face can allow germs to enter your body but can spread your germs to other surfaces or people.
Learn to sneeze or cough into your elbows. It keeps the spray from getting on your hands or surfaces and items around you.
Use sanitizing wipes to clean surfaces you may touch regularly or that you know someone sick has touched.
Vaccines are prioritized a few ways. We want to vaccinate against things that:
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