Taxonomy

Family--Coronaviridae
Genus--Coronavirus

Power

Weak; no one dies of a cold and very few of CoV-229E associated lower respiratory illness... but you might get it again (there are multiple serotypes and large antigenic variations): it has staying power!

Offenses

Attacks--Upper and lower respiratory tracts via respiratory transmission; one cause of the common cold. May be associated with multiple sclerosis.
Outcomes--Eventually loses, but not until its opponents have been made miserable!
Speed--Quick (2-5 day incubation)

Defenses

Vaccines--none
Behavioral--handwashing; staying away from people
Treatment--symptomatic

Game Action

Keep playing, but sniff loudly and miserably enough to annoy your neighbors on each of the next three turns.

Fun Fact

Coronavirus 229E differs from Coronavirus OC43 in that it does not have a hemagglutinin protein.