Hello:
I have a question concerning the transmission of the common cold. A
friend and I were wondering if was possible if a person could catch the
same cold twice because of the cold virus mutating.
Hypothetically speaking, suppose subject A had a cold and infected subject
B. Subject A gets better while the cold virus in subject B mutates.
Could subject B then infect subject A and, if so, what are the odds of
this happening (quantitative estimates would be real nice).
thanks for your help and interest,
Paul
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Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing
random digits is of course, in a state of sin.
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