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According to the passage, the common cold —.
The common cold is a misery, a nuisance and a financial burcen wnich costs the Jniled Slates economy alone an estimated $5 billion every year. The main problem is that it is not caused by one virus, but by a family of viruses of over 200, making it impossible to vaccinate against. Once infected, all one can really do is to ease the symptoms. Drugs relieve sinus pain and headache, while decongestants reduce blood flow to mucus membranes, unblocking the stuffy nose. More powerful symptomatic treatments are unlikely. Medication that carries even the slightest risk of side effects would never be approved to treat a condition which, for most people, is non-lethal, but simply a nuisance. Yet, for the sufferers of chronic lung diseases, such as asthma and bronchitis, colds can be deadly. For these people, the new drugs that are being developed could offer a lifeline. Antiviral drugs, which target the virus directly, are currently in development. These could kill up to half of the cold-producing viruses, greatly lowering the chance of infection.