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Self contradiction

"Signs and symptoms may appear in as little as two days after exposure to the virus.[6]"

"Usual onset ~2 days from exposure[6]" (in info box)

Probably nobody will be bother to fix it, which is why Wikipedia sucks... 86.123.193.170 (talk) 21:42, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

Not a contradiction because the two statements say the same thing and are sourced to the same reference. If you want to modify how it reads, propose a change here (add a source, if needed) or WP:FIXIT yourself. Zefr (talk) 22:09, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

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Common cold

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Result: Two weeks with no efforts to address the concerns with this article. Bgsu98 (Talk) 23:03, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Many/most sources are very old, often 2014 or earlier. VidanaliK (talk to me) (contributions) 16:20, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

It is difficult to see because of how it is broken up, but the 2009 Eccles textbook is cited 48 times. A lot has changed within respiratory virology since then, particularly after COVID. ເສລີພາບ (talk) 20:36, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

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Cold or flu

A question has baffled me for years, and I would be happy to see it answered in this article: Common cold is a collective term for a number of unrelated viral infections that cause flu-like symptoms, and flu or influenza is a term for a number of related viral infections that also cause flu-like symptoms. Often, you don't know whether you have a cold or a flu. It seems to me it would be logical to consider flu a type of cold, or, if the severity is the important distinction, to consider a mild flu to be a severe cold. So, is there a clear scientific reason to exclude flu from the group called common cold? Or is it a bit like having a word for all insects except gnats, plus the word gnat, but no a word for all insects? Nø (talk) 10:10, 25 October 2026 (UTC)