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1/ I feel there are still some important points to make about this question of whether and how quickly Covid will become like a common cold
2/ The first point is CoV-2 is a respiratory virus. It spreads straight from your nose and throat to mine. This is a very distinct group of viruses with something surprising (and, really, unexplained) in common – the illnesses they cause are much more common in cold weather.
3/ They’re also mild in the vast majority of cases – so CoV-2 will be very unusual if it remains as pathogenic as this for long. (Though of course rhinovirus, adenovirus, parainfluenza etc regularly hospitalize children and others 👇) 
