Eli5: Why haven’t humans developed an immunity against the common cold?

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Eli5: Why haven’t humans developed an immunity against the common cold?

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When you get a cold, you develop an immunity that cold and possibly partial immunity to related strains. So every cold you get is a different disease. There are so many different strains of the cold virus that there is always a new cold you’re exposed to.

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