Rhinovirus can expel Covid-19 cells from the body, providing a short bout of immunity against Covid.
Contrary to common assumption, it is not yet fully accepted that Covid is a winter disease.Ī winter return of Covid-19 could be thwarted by an unlikely source: the common cold.Ī recent study from the University of Glasgow suggested an abundance of the cold virus – also known as rhinovirus – could block the transmission of Covid-19 among communities. If the virus is faster-spreading in the colder seasons, as some have assumed, this would save us by 'delaying or flattening the resurgence'. A summer third wave: it's the nightmare scenario we all are hoping won't happen when Britain opens up for business on June 21.īut predictions of surging Covid-19 infection rates by the Government's scientific advisers would suggest it was almost inevitable.Īccording to a report last month from the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M), which advises the Government on the threat from infectious diseases, despite the success of the Covid jabs, even a small number of unvaccinated Britons could be enough to trigger exponential growth of the virus by early summer.Ī 'pessimistic but plausible' scenario would involve hospitals once again filled to the brim and deaths on a similar scale to that seen in January.īut, wrote the experts, there may be one summer saviour: good weather.
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