by Alan Barton, All News Pipeline:

A Couple of weeks ago, Breitbart published a story that has been mumbled about in a variety of news sources that the common cold provides protection against the various corona viruses including the so-called Covid 19 and its variants.  This story originated in a journal called Nature Communications where they said “Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 does not universally result in infection and pre-existing T cells, primed by endemic human coronaviruses (huCoVs), might mediate protection in SARS-CoV-2-naive persons” and while that sounds good, most of that article is way over my non-medical background ability to understand.  The Breitbart article simplifies it nicely and they conclude that “landmark study led by Imperial College London researchers has found that people who have recovered from the common cold are more likely to avoid being infected with the Chinese coronavirus.  People with a higher level of T-cells developed through contracting the common cold, a type of coronavirus, are less likely to fall ill from the SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan virus, a study published in Nature Communications has claimed….We found that high levels of pre-existing T-cells, created by the body when infected with other human coronaviruses like the common cold, can protect against COVID-19 infection…..The findings of the study may explain why children have been more resistant to the Chinese coronavirus, as they are more likely to catch colds throughout the year in comparison to elderly people, who are less likely to come in contact with colds.”  OK, now that makes sense to me.