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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: 2, Troll) by barbara hudson on Sunday March 08 2020, @08:15AM (1 child)

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Sunday March 08 2020, @08:15AM (#968134) Journal

    It's not racism to say that the Chinese culture of live meat markets is both fucké and to blame. And cruel. And that they should stop stealing and eating other people's cats and dogs [theguardian.com].

    Is it a racist stereotype when it's true? I don't think so.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 08 2020, @05:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 08 2020, @05:16PM (#968218)

    but they're "good at math" so lets fill all grad programs with them and put them in all the uni jobs