Posted on 09/18/2023 6:49:33 PM PDT by Libloather
Covid patients are becoming harder to distinguish from those suffering from allergies or the common cold, doctors say.
The most common symptoms of the virus are now sore throat, sneezing or congestion — the same as RSV, asthma or a pollen allergy.
For comparison, in the early stages of the pandemic, Covid had very distinct symptoms - such as a dry cough and a loss of sense of smell or taste.
Dr Erick Eiting, vice chair of operations for emergency medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, which was hammered hard during the pandemic, said virtually every Covid patient in hospital at the moment was 'really mild'.
Dr Eiting told NBC News: 'Just about [every Covid patient] who I've seen has had really mild symptoms.
'The only way that we knew it was Covid was because we happened to be testing them.'
He added: 'It isn't [causing] the same typical symptoms that we were seeing before. It's a lot of congestion, sometimes sneezing, usually a mild sore throat.'
Covid can also cause fever, headaches, fatigue and coughs — but they are becoming less common.
Dr Michael Daignault, an emergency physician in California, added: 'Especially since July, when this recent mini-surge started, younger people that have upper respiratory symptoms... 99 percent of the time they go home with supportive care.'
By upper respiratory symptoms, he was referring to coughs, runny noses, sore throats, fever and chills.
Doctors say that Covid has become much milder now because now almost every American has immunity against it from vaccination or previous infection.
New variants have also emerged, which appear to have made the virus more infectious but less deadly.
Official data shows Covid hospitalizations are ticking up nationwide, having risen nearly nine percent...
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Oh I wasn’t wearing masks on the recent flights.
So let’s all get risky, untested vaccines and booster shots immediately before someone comes down with the sniffles or something.
Ithica is the 9th ring of liberal hell.
Saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen.
you probably can’t learn, maybe others can.
do yourself a favor and use a nose spray or swab on flights or in other public places.
i make my own povidone iodone swab. works great, and keeps it moist when i’m dry.
Saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s, his hair was perfect.
Ode to Warren Zevon
And they never could.
Yet for decades, we all flew on planes and no one wore a mask. How ever did we survive?!
Um... with a simple antigen test, one can tell the difference. With a PCR test, the diagnosis is definite.
No, no one can tell the difference between any number of ailments without laboratory testing. With laboratory testing, everything becomes clear.
When did you have it?
I had it a month ago. Started with a typical sore throat. Never ran a fever, never had any chest congestion, no runny nose and no cough. My first clue was complete loss of sense of smell and taste greatly diminished. Then just flu-like muscle aches and malaise. Got over the “bad” part in a week, the malaise and general ashiness lasted another ten days. I think sense of smell is still somewhat diminished. No hospitalization; went to Urgent Care for a confirmation of the home test. Doc gave me Paxlovid at Day 5 or 6 after first onset of sore throat. He thought I was too late for it to be efficacious. Not sure if it helped or not. My wife got sick at the same time and took a bit longer to clear, so maybe the Pax did help.
Werewolves of London, Again?
But get that vaxx anyway. 😏
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