It might be a cold, but I wouldn't call it common.

The common cold is harmless. This was just a bad season with a more infectious variation? not quite common but not an apocalyptic deadly virus from outer space either.

My co-worker's father was recovering fine. Then the hospital talked his family into remdesivir and he died less than 48 hours later tortured on ventilation machine. I warned him beforehand. I didn't go back and say i told you so. We kind of just stopped talking to each other.