There are lots of different strains of the virus that gives us cold. When we get a cold of one strain the body treats it but then we get a different strain and get sick again. Because the body is constantly killing the virus it is running on a lower energy level so we are more prone to picking up other strains of the virus
Hi George,
Steph is correct that battling one version of the rhinovirus doesn’t make us immune to other “flavours” of the common cold (it mutates rapidly between pockets of populations) however, in the winter in general, we spend more time indoors with lots of other people, hence spread of disease is quicker and easily accommodated in that sort of scenario.
Cheers!
Carmen
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