If you watched the video I posted on Wednesday you can hear me starting to lose my voice. That’s because, like everyone in my house and seemingly everyone in my neighborhood, I had a cold last week. Luckily none of us had COVID-19. But it was a reminder that the common cold is still around and can still make you feel crummy for a few days.
Almost as if they were looking into our house, the producers of TED-Ed released a new video on Friday titled Why is it so difficult to cure the common cold? The video provides a concise explanation of the type of virus that causes the common cold, what makes it different from COVID-19, and what makes it so difficult to cure or create a vaccine for.
On a related note, The cold, the flu and you is a video by SciShow Kids that explains the differences between a cold and the flu.