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by nradov 1919 days ago
Yes that's possible, at least for some other coronavirus. HCoV-OC43 is an endemic betacoronavirus very similar to SARS-CoV-2. It typically causes common cold symptoms in healthy people but is extremely dangerous to the elderly.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2095096/