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by chasil 1639 days ago
Had we followed the Edward Jenner model, and sold the common cold (including NL63, with the other 3), this would now be over.

Edward Jenner used one disease to defeat another, with vaccina (cowpox) destroying smallpox (variola).

This reaction is possible.

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Not just possible.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8430483/

"...it also proposes the individual association for each of the HCoVs, pointing to the previous infection by HCoV-229E as a possible protective effect against severe clinical manifestations of COVID-19. This protective effect could be higher if the person is a female."