Well, no, but . . . The "common cold" is a blanket term for several viruses that cause similar symptoms. My understanding is that most are rhinoviruses. A mild

Well, no, but . . . The "common cold" is a blanket term for several viruses that cause similar symptoms. My understanding is that most are rhinoviruses. A mild influenza virus will also give "cold" symptoms. And, as talked about here, there are a handful of coronaviruses as well. It currently appears that Covid-19 is more dangerous than other circulating coronaviruses, but it is important to keep in mind that the "common cold" can already kill people in vulnerable groups. It is possible that the biggest issue with Covid-19 is that it is novel. No one has much immunity to it, so it spreads rapidly and causes worse symptoms than it might if we had more latent resistance. So, once enough people have been exposed to the virus, it might result in it being no worse for the general population than any other bad flu. That doesn't mean that it won't kill people, but it won't spread as easily, and people who do get it might have better immune responses. So, in the long run, without a vaccine, it will probably just fizzle out, eventually. However, that will either take many years (if ever) or a lot of deaths.