Claim: A 1989 medical textbook lists the common cold as a disease caused by coronaviruses.
Fact-check: Covid-19 is not the same as a common cold - Full Fact
Verdict: true but coronaviruses are a family of viruses we've known that humans can get since the 1960s. some cause the common cold. sars-cov-2 causes covid-19.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2021-04-07T00:00:00