All of the excitement is about how getting the cold can protect you from covid-19, but if you dig all the way down, the point is that colds can shape the pandemic by protecting someone from one exposure, but you will eventually get it once the cold goes away and you are re-exposed. But expect to see this touted by Fox News and anti-maskers as evidence that we should have all been congregating and giving each other colds instead of masking and staying home. Although on its face it just looks like standard bad science writing to try and wring maximum drama from the story, I think it is under the circumstances deeply irresponsible.
