The cold and flu have been ravaging the population even though it's just only turned November.
Many people have reported being overwhelmed by the symptoms of an unsparing cold as the lurgy rapidly spread.
People suffering from the super cold were said to be laid out by the illness.
The Daily Record turned to readers to ask if they had been affected and how - and the results are overwhelming.
Four in five respondents, 84% to be exact, knew someone who had been hit by 'the worst cold ever'.
A similar number (79%) felt unwell for over a week with 16% of people saying about a week.
The most common symptoms reported were 'other symptoms', followed by coughing (17%) while a headache and sore throat tied for second place with 15% of responses.
A blocked nose and muscle aches followed closely at 14% and 13%.
With Covid cases rising at the same time, a majority (59%) had worried they had caught coronavirus.
Then, when asked to rate how worried they were about the cold from one to five, 38% of respondents voted five, the highest number, and 21% of people said four.
It comes after Scottish GP explained that an increase of cold cases was inevitable.
Dr Chris Williams, joint chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, said that an uptick of the cold was bound to happen after such a long period of social distancing and limited in-person socialisation since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
He told the Record: "It’s inevitable that as we spend more time mixing with other people, we are starting to see a resurgence of illnesses like common colds, flu and stomach bugs, alongside the COVID-19 virus in the community."
The ZOE Covid Study, the largest ongoing study into the coronavirus, says that the cold and Covid share many of the same symptoms, especially for fully vaccinated people.
These overlapping symptoms include sore throat, runny nose, headache and sneezing.
