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...pollution of the air (see above), he can hardly be blamed for the viruses he inhales. He cannot help catching the common cold, grippe, influenza, and related viral diseases. Nor can he expect much help from the medical profession. At the A.M.A.'s clinical meeting, Dr. Edward L. Buescher of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research made no secret of the doctors' slim chance of success in the search for cures or preventives...
...clear that scores of different kinds of viruses cause common colds and grippelike illnesses. To prepare a vaccine against a specific virus, or a small group of viruses, is meaningless in the face of such numbers. What medicine needs, said Dr. Buescher, is a new approach. "When are we going to get off our duff and look at the problem as a whole, rather than in terms of specific viruses?" he demanded. Nobody answered. The common cold seemed as secure as ever...
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