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    CORONAVIRUS: IS THE UK IN FOR A WINTER OF ‘SUPER COLDS’?

    Dec 01, 2021 3 minutes
    by DR JEREMY ROSSMAN

    SCIENCE BEHIND THE HEADLINES

    Super colds | Pedestrian crossings | Tuskless elephants

    “While there’s no specific super cold that we should be worried about, viruses like the flu continue to change and evolve during the course of the year”

    WHY DO WE GET A ‘COMMON COLD’ SEASON AND TYPICALLY WHEN DOES IT OCCUR IN THE UK?

    Every winter we have the ‘cold and flu’ season when cases of respiratory virus infections increase. These winter respiratory viruses include the flu virus,

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