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by CydeWeys 2228 days ago
Coronaviruses aren't that common to the point that people are repeatedly infected with then throughout their lifetime.
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They are, on average you should get a coronavirus around once every two years. So a typical old person should have gotten it around 30-40 times.

> The average adult gets two to three colds a year, while the average child may get six to eight

> Other commonly implicated viruses include human coronaviruses (≈ 15%),

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold#Viruses

I dunno, with kids and grandkids seems more likely they would be infected over the lifetime..