No. But covid-19 belongs to the same group of viruses that also includes the common cold.
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Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoSo does that mean a long time ago people were dying of the cold in droves?
remon@ani.social 3 weeks ago
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
See the natives of America after Europeans showed up.
protist@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Certainly possible, if not likely, that when these viruses first evolved to infect humans or human ancestors they caused increased mortality