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AIBU to think that those who say “covid is just a cold” would rather just have a cold than covid if given the choice?

105 replies

Owlonbranchtwo · 21/08/2025 12:17

As per title.

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PoshDuckQuarkQuark · 21/08/2025 12:27

Its a bloody virus! Both colds and covid and flu are viruses.

Sometimes they can be awful. Sometimes they can be so mild you dont even know you have the virus.

If you feel ill then go to bed, if you feel fine carry on.

Worralorra · 21/08/2025 12:25

I’ve had COVID 4 times before this year and would have agreed with you…

…until I caught it again in February this year. I had four months of very prolonged severe unwellness, and am still now trying to resolve the last of the effects of it.

The point is that it can be just like a mild cold - until it isn’t (and yes I was and am now, fully vaccinated…)

paulhollywoodshairgel · 21/08/2025 12:25

I was much more ill with Covid than with a cold. It hung on for weeks and I was bed bound for a week! So I’d choose a cold!

PersephonePomegranate · 21/08/2025 12:22

I think: did I really just read a thread about Covid in August 2025?

Colds and viral infections can differ massively in how horrible or debilitating they are but so can Covid. If you're unwell, you're unwell, what damn difference does it make?

SylvanianFamiliesBalcony · 21/08/2025 12:20

Huh?

Having had covid, and a cold, I'd rather have covid, it was far milder and less obtrusive. But I'm not dumb enough to think that's the case for everyone. Clearly the people who died with covid would rather have had a cold.