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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   
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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• Re:Do not discuss the coronavirus. Re:Do not discuss the coronavirus. (Score: 3, Interesting) by barbara hudson on Sunday March 08 2020, @05:50PM (1 child)

  by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Sunday March 08 2020, @05:50PM (#968229) Journal

  For lifetime immunity, it's better to go through the 3 years while you're relatively young and healthy. Pneumonia is a shitty way to die, despite being called "the widow's friend."

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• Re:Do not discuss the coronavirus. (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 09 2020, @03:16AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 09 2020, @03:16AM (#968398)

  Pneumonia is a shitty way to die, despite being called "the widow's friend."

  Yep. And thallium is the other 'widow's [best] friend'.

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