You're probably correct here. Flu cases are tracked due to its severity. Cold cases are likely not often even paid attention to by many of those experiencing t

You're probably correct here. Flu cases are tracked due to its severity. Cold cases are likely not often even paid attention to by many of those experiencing them. Anecdotally, I and my friends and relatives hunkered down for COVID in 2020, and we had more cases turn out to be actually COVID-19 than common colds.