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by Izkata 1921 days ago
That link appears to be about the flu, not the common cold. They're different, but something I've learned over the past year is that most people think of the flu as another name for the common cold.
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Here in Britain at least, having 'the flu' is basically having a particularly miserable cold - rather than a bout of influenza which fills the lungs with fluids and decimates armies.
“Objectives: To define the epidemiology and outcomes of non-influenza respiratory viral infections in hospitalized adults.”