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Mystery #4Tier 3microbes / medicine

Why, with all our science, is there still no pill that cures the common cold?

We can transplant hearts, land robots on Mars, and wipe out diseases that once terrified whole cities. Yet the humble common cold still beats us every winter, with no pill that simply makes it go away. Why, with all our cleverness, is there still no cure for a cold?

A pharmacy wall of hundreds of labelled pigeonholes and trays full of medicines, not one of which can cure a common cold
Photo: Mattes · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

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