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Common cold now causes sneezing, coughs and DEATH

I'm used to streaking in the winter. People have their favorite wintertime activities -- hockey, skiing, etc. Mine just happens to be streaking, and the only residual negative was, apart from dodging the cops, catching a cold from a weakened immune system. But I'm going to have to rethink my activity now: Researchers at the CDC have discovered a particularly virulent strain of the adenovirus family of viruses that causes the common cold. Between March and May 2007, 140 people fell ill with adenovirus 14 in New York, Texas, Oregon and Washington state, and 10 of those people died. A few who died were described as "healthy, young adults."

[Gulp] That almost describes me, minus the "healthy" and "young."

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