# What can I do to stop a cold?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-to-stop-a-cold/543116>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 14, 2010, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-to-stop-a-cold/543116 "2010-06-14T09:57:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-to-stop-a-cold/543116/21 "2010-06-15T02:40:12Z")

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> [@Superhal](#):
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> It’s a full on cold now, thanks though. ☹

Clearly now the only way to be sure is to nuke it from orbit.

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-to-stop-a-cold/543116/22 "2010-06-15T19:10:03Z")

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There’s no proven method to abort or cut short a cold, save terminating the person with the cold. The virus then rapidly becomes inactive.

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-to-stop-a-cold/543116/23 "2010-06-15T23:16:08Z")

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> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> There’s no proven method to abort or cut short a cold, save terminating the person with the cold. The virus then rapidly becomes inactive.

no but you can quash the symptoms, and for me that suffices

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