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Simon Nicholas Williams, Lecturer in Psychology, Swansea University

COVID or the common cold? What to do if you have symptoms this Christmas

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There’s a lot to be jolly about this Christmas. COVID has been significantly, although not completely, “defanged”, thanks to vaccines and treatments. Christmas dos, nativity plays and New Years Eve parties are all back on the festive calendar.

However, the return to “normal” brings with it the return of high rates of all the other winter bugs that were kept at bay largely due to reduced socialising during the previous two winters.

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