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0 pointsCydeWeys6y ago0 comments

> coronavirus is a family of viruses that make up the common cold

Wrong. There are 200+ strains of various viruses that are all lumped together as the "common cold" only 4 of which are coronaviruses. The vast majority of common colds are not coronaviruses.

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elmerfud6y ago

I guess reading is hard when it's longer than a Twitter post because my very next sentence was.

> It's not the only virus that's lumped in as the common cold but it is one kind.

Perhaps not having knee jerk reactions and careful examination of the information is what's needed.

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