A member asked:

If you have a common cold and on day 7 you have close contact with someone with covid-19 (and at contagious state), are you somehow protected against covid-19 infection/symptoms as your body was already fighting another coronavirus?

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Dr. Yvette Kratzberg answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

A "cold" can have many different sources. including coronavirus, but also adenovirus, metapnuemovirus, RSV, Rhinovirus, etc. When a person is sick, their immune system is ramped up fighting whatever virus they have. There can be some cross-protectiveness, but there may not be. It is wise to avoid contact with ill people when you are ill as you can catch other viruses.

Answered 9/29/2023

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