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Amazon is Reportedly Working on a Cure for the Common Cold

posted by martyb on Sunday March 08 2020, @01:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the facial-tissue-sales-will-plummet dept.

takyon writes:

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.

This is not a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) story. Do not discuss the coronavirus.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Hartree on Sunday March 08 2020, @02:15AM (2 children)

    by Hartree (195) on Sunday March 08 2020, @02:15AM (#968043)

    "So the first step is to kill all the rhinos."

    Vaccinate the chubby unicorns?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 08 2020, @02:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 08 2020, @02:35AM (#968051)

    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

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 08 2020, @09:36AM (#968138)

    Then we'd just catch hippovirus instead,