Amazon is reportedly working to find a cure for the common cold
Amazon disrupted the books, grocery, and shipping business, and now it's set its sights on viral infections. The tech company has apparently tasked a team of employees to research and develop a cure for the common cold, a CNBC report indicates today. Under an effort called "Project Gesundheit," three people familiar with the effort tell CNBC that Amazon is specifically looking to develop a vaccine that would stave off cold infections. This small team exists under the broader Grand Challenge group within Amazon, CNBC says.
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(Score: 4, Touché) by BK on Sunday March 08 2020, @02:05AM (3 children)
So the first step is to kill all the rhinos. I guess we’re well on our way.
...but you HAVE heard of me.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Hartree on Sunday March 08 2020, @02:15AM (2 children)
"So the first step is to kill all the rhinos."
Vaccinate the chubby unicorns?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 08 2020, @02:35AM
Well the Rhinoceros is the closest thing to a unicorn that exists so I guess curing the rhino virus would be the closest thing to curing the common cold?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 08 2020, @09:36AM
Then we'd just catch hippovirus instead,