Can you catch a cold?
There are many things that can impact our physical and mental health. It is also suggested that our thoughts also impact our attitudes to stress and health. So let’s look at the common cold and what the NHS has to say:
“How to avoid spreading a cold” suggests that colds are caused by viruses and easily spread to other people. You’re infectious until all your symptoms have gone. This usually takes 1 to 2 weeks. It can be longer in babies and young children. Colds are spread by germs from coughs and sneezes, which can live on hands and surfaces for 24 hours.
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In his book entitled “Can you catch a cold” (which I have recently started reading) Daniel Roytas explores this “commonly held” idea that colds and influenza are spread via coughing, sneezing, and physical contact – which has been firmly implanted in our minds since childhood. Many people were informed during 2020 that a virus was sweeping the world, and in lockstep many countries were simply locked down “to prevent the spread”. Yet the government website downgraded the definition of this illness on 19th March 2020, just four days before going into lockdown which caused a number of people to question what was actually happening. “As of 19 March 2020, COVID-19 is no longer considered to be an HCID in the UK. There are many diseases which can cause serious illness which are not classified as HCIDs.” Taken from the Government’s website (click this link).
I’m not saying there was no illness but reading the book throws a different light on the subject of viruses, colds and influenza and invites the reader to open their mind to the theories of contagion, germ theory and terrain theory – together with the power of the mind (see Joe Dispenza’s “Becoming Supernatural”) It might be perceived that there is no single overriding idea on any of these possibilities occurring when one encounters ill health. I’m not saying that we should go about willy nilly if there are close relatives that we see regularly that may be immunocompromised (especially if said relative’s mind holds they can be inadvertently infected – power of the mind again), but just explore the notion that there are many complex factors in play.
Results of human experiments cast doubt on a straightforward contagion theory. Researchers have failed to consistently demonstrate contagion by exposing healthy people directly to sick people or their bodily fluids. These findings suggest that our understanding of infectious disease is incomplete and challenges the long-held belief that a cold or flu can be ‘caught’.
So, what might be causing these seasonal afflictions, and why do they appear to spread from person-to-person? Can You Catch A Cold? Untold History & Human Experiments answers these questions by delving into the historical records, investigating past pandemics, exploring human psychology, and reviewing more than 200 contagion studies. With over 1,000 citations, no stone has been left unturned in the pursuit of unravelling this age-old mystery.
So as the book invites the question, so it invites exploration and an open mind into health and illness and how we may see it, not blindly accepting commonly held “beliefs” but finding our own way through the myriad of reasonings why we are not in optimal health and what we can do about it.
Can you catch a cold, by Daniel Roytas is available on Amazon by clicking the link.