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by nullc 2294 days ago
> is because the cold evolves

The coronaviruses that cause colds (such as CoV-OC43) don't mutate much. Immunity to them doesn't last long for reasons that aren't well understood.

Some other viruses that cause colds escape immunity through mutation, other non-CoV cold causing viruses escape are like CoV and also just have short immunity periods without mutation.