Is It A Cold, Or Flu, Or COVID? How To Tell The Difference
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- If your head is stuffy or your throat is sore, how can you tell whether you have a cold or flu or COVID? It’s a question many are asking with the arrival of flu season. NBC News senior medical correspondent Dr. John Torres joins TODAY to break it all down. “If you start getting sick, essentially you have to assume it’s COVID unless proven otherwise,” he says.
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Is It A Cold, Or Flu, Or COVID? How To Tell The Difference
I woke up with a scratchy throat. Thought it was nothing until my body felt achy. I got tested because I work around a lot of elderly. Turns out I have Covid! Thank God I'm feeling a little better with each day that passes. Stay safe out there people 🙏♥️
Sameee
You too.
Same
Stop clubbing every week
Hello Ausha
Happy new year to you
Cold: stay home
Flu: stay home
COVID: stay home
Test sounds pointless.
Gosh, all these symptoms, headed to the hospital, and the doctor laughed.
"Um, you're in labor, ma'am"
I just had the flu. For sure. Had horrible body aches. I am also pregnant so couldn't take much. So happy to feel better.
glad you're getting back to health. I was pregnant this time last year and was constantly worried.
@@stephaniekayholbrook1545 Thanks so much. I cannot wait for this to be over. Covid I mean. I am hopeful this new strain is taking us that way. I'm in South Africa and we really haven't seen it impact like Delta. Hope it goes that way forward all over the world.
Having the flu 🤧 is like a punch in the throat 😝 and then the whole body. Glad you’re feeling better. I’ve always had allergies so I’m always stuffy. 😄 But I never want to experience the flu again.
Wat did u take I’m pregnant n I’m tired coughing I’m bout to drink Buckley 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
@@shordy77 In South Africa, where I live I was allowed to take a cough mixture called Prospan and Panado. I also drank fresh lemon juice and honey on hot water. The cold took much longer than normal to go away but these things did help. Maybe ask your Dr if there is something there you can use that's the same? I'm sorry you're sick. No fun
I got ahead of a cold that I had over the weekend and the way I dealt with mine is: warm tea with honey and lemon and some tonic water, and in my opinion take some Zinc as well. Now I'm fine but I am still being careful.
I took fresh orange juice and ginger tea and blackmint. Trying to avoid milk products
Ginger juice with lemon is good also
My roommate tested positive today so I’m just mentally preparing myself lol but I have some zinc! I will remember to take it when symptoms start to show
If you cant tell them apart, why should it matter which one it is? If you're truly sick, you aren't getting up and going anywhere. So ride it out at home...like we always used to when you caught a cold or the flu.
Get to a hospital if you feel like you are starting to have trouble breathing. People around you taking care of you, use common sense to avoid infection, but chances are if you live together, you're going to get sick as well. Why are people acting like human beings haven't been dealing with this forever??
Because Covid I’d a biphasic illness that can affect all organs in the body. The first phase is upper respiratory (like when a patient first gets AIDS), then it can get very severe quickly. Covid is not like a cold.
@@Missmarymac012 it's not like a cold, it IS a cold
What a dumb comment. As with any illness, u have to DIAGNOSE to know what medication to take!
@@leabee7621 speaking of dumb comments and..before 2020, when you got sick, did you care if it was a cold or the flu? Did you need a diagnosis? Unless you were deathly ill, most likely the answer to that question sums up what is wrong with your comment. For as long as I can remember prior to covid, if you got sick, you treated the symptoms. Viruses have this nasty habit of not being "curable" and just naturally run their course. You do realize that even for those who are hospitalized with covid, it's the symptoms they are treating, right? They aren't trying to "cure" covid. It's a virus...it will just mutate no matter what we throw at it. Supposedly, there are some treatments out there that it responds to, but for the most part, they will start by treating the symptoms. We have dealt with colds and the flu the same way for the last 30-40 years...at least. Therefore, as I said in my op, you monitor your symptoms to decide if you need more than otc meds or an ER visit. Because although some people will die of covid (just like some people have died of the flu), many will process it the same as a cold or flu. Sure it can affect organs..does it do that in everyone?? No. Do you not know of people who were in bed for a week and then bounced back like with any other viral infection?? I do! Seeing as it has such a high survival rate, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say we all know people who had it processed it like a bad bout of the flu. Unfortunately, that doesn't fit the narrative of pretending this is the deadliest virus known to man and we need to change our lives forever or no one will survive. 🙄
@@dipsydoodle7988 The media, politicians, banks, pharmaceutical companies, food companies, police, military and intelligence agencies are moving as One Bloc now.... Against the freedom of the people.
….we can’t even get tests tho…
Same here
They deleted my comment... ironically.
Iodine snort it!
No one can!!!!😡
@@Souperat60 after all this is ' Bidens America ' .. too soon?
I tested positive for COVID yesterday. My symptoms started Wednesday afternoon with a scratchy throat and my left ear was hurting. Thursday morning I had a lot of head congestion and fatigue and later a fever. Friday (today), I've still got bad congestion, no scratchy throat and a low grade fever. I'm pretty sure I have Omicron since I never lost my sense of taste or smell. Yes, I had the Moderna vaccine, no, I did not get a booster. I most likely got it at work, I work at a hospital where surgical masks are required at all times. So if you think your mask is going to prevent infection, you will be disappointed. Omicron feels like a bad head cold but I'm starting to feel better.
I have a head cold now . Low grade fever, stuffy nose, cough and congestion , fatigue, and my ears were ringing . I wonder if it’s Covid
Masks do not prevent Covid they simply slow the spread. One would think that someone who works at a hospital would grasp that. Way to backup the wackadoodle antimaskers
Molly, I have exactly the same symptoms as you. I also had 2 jabs but no booster. I think I’m coming to the end of it now after 7 days, I wouldn’t say it was just a cold, but it’s not as bad as flu. Hopefully we will have some natural immunity now.
@@boblove6865 I work as a medical tech in a lab so I do know the proper PPE to wear if you want protection from a virus such as this, surgical masks and cloth masks do absolutely NOTHING to stop the spread or to slow the spread. A FITTED N95 mask is the ONLY thing that will give good protection against COVID (not even 100%). It is stupidity that I see 2 year olds and people walking around BY THEMSELVES on the street with a mask on.
@@alyb731 Yes, I do hope we are better protected now that we have some natural antibodies. It is not as bad as the flu, at least for me it wasn't.
Thank God we’re finally admitting the Flu and Cold still exist 🙄
I have the flu rn and everyone says “must be covid” I mean I guess the cold and flu I guess the cold/flu isn’t even a thing anymore, huh?
@@mitthrawnuruodo1730 I just got over an almost 3 week illness. Started off as a major headache (which continued the entire duration), high fever, nasal sinuses completely swollen, body and joint aches, and had only 1 night of night sweats. I never lost my appetite, I never lost taste and smell (even though it was decreased), and very fatigued (I slept and got tired A LOT). My doctor prescribed me amoxicillin for a sinus infection. Didn’t even want to test me for flu or covid. I wasn’t having breathing issues, even though I’m a smoker. He himself told me that this is going too far and that not everything is covid. He’s sick of the covid push! I don’t know what I just got over, but I’m alive. Every now and then, I’ll get a lingering symptom of something and then it’s gone!
They never went away. This "pandemic" arrived and suddenly the cold and flu which had been here for centuries, nearly disappeared. How convenient if you're trying to force an experimental gene treatment.
Do your research everyone. I want you all to live.
Gosh, if you have such symptoms, I’d say you should isolate yourself even if it’s not COVID-19!
People get sick they get sick. I'm helping us by spreading natural immunity
I'd never self isolate, I've never worn a mask, never wash my hands, never "social distance" you get the idea and I've been sick once in two years
@@blackstrap612, specifically with respect to Omicron only, I actually don’t entirely disagree. Being vaccinated and boosted, there’s considerable evidence that getting infected with Omicron will be like a moderate cold. That being the case, I actually might be OK with getting it, for the extra antibodies.
However, here in the US, it’s still possible to get Delta, and I’d prefer to get Omicron, since subsequent variants will probably be based upon Omicron, so those are the antibodies I want to get. Plus Delta appears to produce considerably-worse symptoms.
So, I’m going to keep masking and isolating: Omicron being so extremely contagious, I’m pretty much guaranteed to get it, but the chances are fair that masking and isolating will delay my infection until Delta is pretty much gone.
@@blackstrap612 cool story bro
I had a sore throat, cough, chest congestion and horrible drainage for several days. no body aches, no headache no fever. Whatever it was, it was not bad enough to go stand in a line with a bunch of sick people to get a test.
I have the same thing rn .
Same
Hello pretty
Happy new year to you
@@mikegogomike5488 Very appropriate. Which part of India are you from?
I have the same exact thing right now I'm a Lil scared. I went to get tested but no results yet
Omicron is the mildest variant so far its a good sign that the virus is weakening. It also spreads much faster which could ultimately speed up an end to the pandemic.
It does spread super fast … how many ppl you know came out positive ??? I literally known a lot and my job just right before we go back to the office go we all came positive and obviously our families🤦🏼♀️
I hope you're right but it being so easily spread, the more bodies it gets into, the more chance of mutation.
Yep, likely a blessing, viruses normally get weaker over time. If anything being vaxxed makes it a simpler time to ride it out
Don't let ur guard down this is not over yet mask up or stay home and wash ur hands alot
@@unapologeticella4540 COVID19 has a 99.98% survival rate without any injections.
Video starts at 3:25
thank you!
Urgent care is making a lot of money off of this $125 a test it's a shame I will Pray for this world. 🙏🙏🙏
That Scam it supposed to be free
It’s all the biggest fraud in medical history
All medical industry makes money. You can get tested for free but there is a cost regardless.
@@roxygutz2510 Agree friend but loss 2friends who pass away early this year from it. One did have Type 1 diabetes so that hurt him. But other one healthy as can be 55 so I don't know anymore in Life
@@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987 I'm confused as well. How does one person get a headache and another die? This seems to random to be random... Genetics have to play a roll and that comes out to the man made virus.. definitely man made in my opinion. Maybe it was released accidentally but it was
Why get tested if you can ride out any of these symptoms in isolation? 🤷🏽♂️
Maybe because some people won’t isolate unless/until they know they’re Positive🤷🏻♀️ And even then, the knuckle head wanna be Doctor/Scientists self diagnose when they are no longer “contagious”🙄
@@StillJess-wg6yb how about we all just isolate for 7 days (when feeling sick) to be safe (with mild symptoms), longer if symptoms persist. My point still stands, no need to get tested other than to be a statistic for media fear or to have a cool story to tell at the party “yeah, I had covid, this thing really kicked my butt for 3 days, I lost my taste for weeks, but I’m fine now. It’s bad, it’s really bad!” 🙄
We tried the whole "isolation" tactic. It's been 2 years. I say we remove masks and return to normal. The entire virus has just been a way to pay for hospitals and pharmaceutical companies bonuses.
immunity. Having that information is powerful these days.
Because a lot of politicians bought stock into test making companies..... They got to get that return. Testing testing testing lol
I have been sick for six days straight. My mom and boyfriend keep telling me I have a bad flu, my friends keep telling me I might have covid. I want to get tested but where I live there is no available test until next Monday and I hope to be feeling better by then. I understand people should be getting tested but I am so tired of hearing people act like it's so easy for everybody to go get one.
What are your symptoms?
Maryland has test kits they give you to take home and they're testing on site some of the sites have no lines and the other ones between Christmas and New years has lines literally longer than a mile
@@cloydeshore3101 JEEZUZ!
@@ohgawd I know I drove the right up to the armory and got my test kit and one for a partner you're only allowed up to two and then they said they had room for walk-ins instead of making appointment and then everybody getting to and going back multiple times and every day they were out until New Year's
It’s covid
When I had C-19 almost exactly one year ago, all of my symptoms were actually felt inside my head. The left side of it was numb and felt hollow, like a taut drum. Sense of taste vanished, but not sense of smell. No fever. I was treated with monoclonal antibodies and dexamethasone. Thank God I didn't have to spend a single day in bed. Sense of taste returned, but neurologically I'm still not 100%--short term memory problems, mainly--not severe but noticeable, at least to me. And I've gotten lazier than would seem possible for a person who, as Fran Leibowitz writes, wishes cigarettes would come pre-lit. (I don't smoke.) I used to clean my house once a week, not it's once month and sometimes laundry goes for 10 days and I no longer care. It's 20 below here in Minnesota today, another good reason for not caring.
How’d you get the antibodies?
Heard short term memory lost was from the vaccine..
When I lost my smell and taste I was sitting on my porch about a month into it and I was listening to loud music on my headphones. Well I downloaded (Like I always have) a sound/bass booster and when I decided to turn it up 200 percent I got a warning message " Listening at high volume can damage your hearing" hmmm. I wondered if these little pest parasites in my nose would get damaged. So I plugged my nose with the earbuds while boosted and volume up while playing UA-cam Animals by The architects....I played for a second and then felt something in my nose moving. I immediately blew my nose and out came white chunks. Not snot!!! I could breath better, smell, and taste immediately after. If it makes your ears ring, it makes them die. ua-cam.com/video/NhgjWcMR6K8/v-deo.html
I am currently dealing with both flu and COVID
So far I’ve had dry throat, cough, congestion, fever, body aches, headache, nausea, dizziness, chills, hot flashes, loss of smell/taste, and fatigue. The good thing is that they haven’t hit me all at once it’s been over a several of days. All I can say is stay safe❤️
I’ve been getting hot flashes too
R u vaccinated ? I think I had it. 1 day I had body weakness with fatigue one day , then couple days later I developed a congested nose with a low grade fever .that’s it But I’m isolated also I’m not vaccinated & I’m feeling a bit better I’m taking a lot of vitamins with hot tea
@@1zo514
I had the two doses only, but it had also been a year since I had the last one
Double whammy. Sounds awful. Rest up!
Get a test?! It’s literally impossible to get a test anywhere right now!
Fax
Just get a test
I know right 😭
I have had several test from my chemist today had to wait about a week for them and picked them up at 10.30am today 3/1/22 and by 11am they were all crushed and placed in my bin for collection tomorrow no recycling not necessary where I live just destroyed the bit with my name on by burning it off if you ill you do not need a test to tell you you are ill
Not in my town.
Several months ago, my husband had experienced a bit of fever, slight sore throat and was feeling achy all over his body; he went to ER and was tested CV-19 positive. He received the Monoclonal Antibodies infusion as an outpatient and he recovered in one week! He went on a fishing trip as he had previously planned. p.s. The only complaint he had was not being able to taste the wonderful flavor of beer, but the taste buds recovered slowly and in three weeks, he could taste the beer again.
I had Covid and went fishing 3 days later. Lol
You people are horrible!
@@Ana-ty8sl ?
He probably got sick because it sounds likes he's an alcoholic.
Drinks poison and wonders why his immune system sucks lol
This is the kind of people were protecting guys.
Just two more years to flatten
All your hopes and dreams
Night sweats were the only symptom I had from the second dose of my Pfizer vaccine, so that actually doesn’t surprise me that people are noticing night sweats leading up to a COVID diagnosis
I can honestly say that in almost two years ,I only recall one person coughing at the grocery stores .....that's an anomaly !
Plandemic.
I decided I don't give a care because I am not sick and if I want to cough I cough.
As a healthcare worker since '76, I've been promoting wearing masks during flu season for decades. Clearly, after last season, IT WORKS!
I never felt so much pain,my whole body was hurting and I had breathing problems and I was so cold even after so many clothes. I’m now okay just cold and headache and just a little bit of back hurting. I never gone hospital btw, God always heals me.
If u believe you are in danger you are in danger so be careful when someone tells you u are in danger
Wait, you don't go to the hospital because you believe in God or you never went because you never had to?
@@Darknight3701_ tbh I never had to but that night I felt like I should definitely go but then I insisted and just prayed the whole night,it kinda helped cuz the next day most of the pain was gone.
@@freshxan ah okay I got you.
But, I would recommend calling your PCP if possible. Sometimes the best move is to go to the hospital. It's better to be safe than sorry right?
Wishing you the best
@@Darknight3701_ yeah thanks for the advice I’ll do it next time if something like that happens.
Strep throat? Please get antibiotics for any infection. Twenty years ago I got strep throat and never went to the doctor and ended up getting Rheumatic Heart Disease and had to have open heart surgery. The streptococcus is still in my body trying to destroy my heart and I have to take monthly penicillin shots for the rest of my life. I be dead now if it wasn't for my doctors. And I encourage people to listen to the doctors. Thank you to all the doctors and nurses out there fighting to save people. I am so thankful because I would be dead if not for you.
Have you noticed
Each time you comply
They move the goal post
The fatigue level is crazy with the flu. It's also going back with chills vs. sweating.
Could be allergies too. That's my issue right now and ongoing
Who wants to leave the house when they are sick. Last year someone in my household had covid and I was sick too so I didn't even bother getting tested because I could barely get up to the bathroom let alone get dressed, get in the car, and go get tested. They need to send tests to people's houses so they don't have to leave.
What's the point of a test if you're not leaving and are too Ill to function.
Pls make it make sense
@@SamIAmB Because last year the idea was even if you felt better after a few days you were supposed to still quarantine for 14 days if you had covid. It's also nice to know when you are sick what exactly is wrong with you instead of just guessing. I'm just saying I bet a lot of people who have had covid were never tested for it.
The golden rule is always go to work if your sick. Save your sick days for personal fun.
@@johnnybgood3909 I'm sure people's co-workers love that. And I'm sure a lot of bosses would send their employees home if they are going around coughing especially nowadays. Plus if you are well enough to even go to work you probably aren't even that sick. When I'm sick I can barely stand up.
@@crystalsnow1138 covid tests are a scam. Before covid we barely tested when someone felt sick. Doctor went off symptoms treated the symptoms and it went away on its own. Sometimes antibiotics if they believe it to be bacterial which could be the case for many wearing filthy masks all day. Even antibiotics should not be take as it weakens your immune system.
Psalms 91:7-10;
A thousand shall fall at our side,
and ten thousand at our right hand;
but it shall not come near us.
Only with our eyes shall we behold
and see the reward of the wicked.
Because we have made the LORD, which is our refuge,
even the most High, our habitation;
There shall no evil befall us,
neither shall any plague come near our home.
🙏🙏🙏Amen!🙏🙏🙏
DevineKingsAbove AMEN 🙏 Amen❣️💞👀😇🙏💙AMEN 💜✝️👑
AMEN!!
I work pharmacy and there has been an uptick in flu cases. People have let down their guards they stopped social distancing. They stopped sanitizing. And. They stopped wearing masks.
Oh no. How will the human immune system cope?
Will we have to go back to eating healthily, doing exercise, being outdoors, having good relationships and prayer to be healthy instead of injecting chemicals?
@@peaceformula5830 Well, you know THAT won't be happening.
I'm 58...I never remember a flu shot every season..I remember, go out and play in the snow.
We elderlies have been doing the yearly flu shot for a decade or so....Welcome to adulthood...There are plenty of other "shots" we are getting in our "old age"...As the science developes, we'll have a growing list of vaccines in future...
Was sick last week, congestion, runny nose, cough and minor headache. I assumed it was a cold. Took mucinex and halls for my sore throat. I’m feeling much better now.
Rinse your sinuses with saline water mixed with a couple of drops of iodine. www.bitchute.com/video/i0fWCCnXH5xJ/
No, everything is wacky coronavirus. Wear your face diaper and stay home forever.
@@easterbunnybrandon1796 Go away bot!
@@easterbunnybrandon1796 HAHAHAHAHAHA
The answer to this pandemic...finally somebody got it right....👍
All the same! Been through both. No shot. I even have auto immune disease. I take care of myself. Eat well.
Two and one half minutes in and I still haven't heard how to tell the difference, so where did this title come from?
Night sweats is not a strange symptom. I had COVID in May 2021 and night sweats is an understatement- I had to change my clothes every few hours and had to change my blankets once a night because the sweating was soo severe.
@victor Giwa that was when I had COVID almost a year ago. I’m fine now
Grow up
@@punkynoodle9370 Find your marbles. It seems as though you’ve lost them 😉
Strange because when I had Covid Flu 3 weeks ago I had no night sweats, loss of appetite or fever. I had Flu which I'm sure a high percentage of Covid people have too.
@victor Giwa What ? So I had malaria 😂
Kept to ourselves for two years. This past Christmas we went to two Christmas parties. Two days later the host of one of the parties texted us and said 8 people tested positive for Covid. The third day after the party my nose started really running and I had a sore throat. Started coughing. Never had a fever or never lost my senses of taste or smell. No headache. I had chills during the day. Was extremely tired all day and stayed in bed most of the day. Lost my appetite. Tested positive for Covid. My husband also tested positive. He recovered very quickly. He never had a fever or lost his sense of taste or smell either. We have had the vaccine and the booster. A week later, I feel fine but am still coughing. Wish I could clear my throat. Stay safe everyone.
Can person get COVID Even though
vaxxed up fully including booster
Also people need to wash their hands regularly and wipe down door handles and grocery carts
We are becoming too lax
Vaccines can only do too much
Yes, a person who is fully vaccinated can catch Covid more then once. The vaccination just makes it so your sickness is not so severe. We all wash our hands regularly; we all wiped down grocery carts. This virus is mostly airborne and if somebody breaths in the space and you walk into it you can catch it that way. Regular masks really can’t keep the virus out. An N94 mask is the best.
Never had a fever with Covid-19.
Sorry I do NOT HAVE Dysentery. I’m a science teacher. I do not have a fever with Covid-19. A sore throat and coughing is a respiratory infection not a Gastro intestinal infection. Where are you getting this information?
So everybody is OK........
Been dealing with covid two years now, so if the flu was overwhelming hospitals prior to that, then why haven’t hospital CEO’s and city officials planned better to better deal with both?.
I have a sore throat, feel weak, and runny nose. I live in Florida but over here it's so hard to get a test and I really need it because I work in a community with seniors. Appointments aren't available til next week i hope I'm better by then but I'm feeling hopeless and it's really frustrating being sick for god sakes.
Hope you start feeling better
OMG WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE OF RUNNY NOSES!
... keep in mind, that even the CDC has admitted that the tests have a hard time discerning between flu and COVID and as the new Omicron is sort of a cross between COVID and a cold, just get some sleep and get better. Stop worrying.
It has to be a cross in order to have there fake statistics pan out on review.
We are actively participating in an attempt to use medical tyranny to put the world in the hands of global leaders that need the USA and Patriots out of the way to take full control of the planet.
Good thing Trump came along or you wouldnt be able to see it. He forced them into exposing themselves.
What else does covid do? It hides the banking free fall which has to be blamed on something cause Trump prevented us from going to war which is how they typically implode the economy and cover the banking fraud.
@@blakelong5481 Blake. What you said has the ring of truth. God bless brother from the UK.
What they dont tell anyone is that they are ALL corona virus family members.
The test is for the WHOLE family and not covid 19.
Sooooo.......they are reporting colds and flu as covid19😎
@@blakelong5481 Good observation. It makes the numbers look big, so they can scare more people into doing what they want them to do. Within the last week I heard a statement on the news that "there were no cases of the flu last year". Really? So, COVID arrives and scares the flu into complete submission. Well, maybe there is some use for COVID after-all. It's a medical miracle. Could that be why Fauci and the gang of seven created it? To cure the world of flu... and cancer, and heart disease and malnutrition and aging? Or, maybe they are just seeing how gullible that we all are.
@@67band Population reduction is why.....they risk losing control if enough people wake up.
They should be scared at the moment, cuz its fixin to happen.😎
The doctors need to mention an important difference in the specifics, type, intensity, and duration, of cough and fever between cold, flu, Delta, and Omicron.
There are two types of people:
Those who want to be left alone &
Those who won't leave people alone
Get tested? As if you can find a test. I was sorry Dr. Torres didn't address that. What to do if you have symptoms but can't confirm them with a test.
Agreed. Easy now to get vaxxed (though it sure wasn't in the beginning!) & boosted. Finding a test is another story. Sometimes by the time you can test, rapid or otherwise, you're halfway or more through the isolation period even if it is covid. Then you have places charging extortionate prices for tests if it's urgent. At home tests can be very costly and they sell out immediately.
Imagine a strain so deadly that we can’t tell whether it’s the common cold or Omicron
You should Google the story behind Lisa and Ron Steadman. Read it and come back and comment.
@@KA-eu9sy stop please stop there's always exceptions to the rule the majority are mild and this coming from numerous doctors but of course you have to take the exception and run with it you know what is garaunteed we are all going to die so instead of living life in fear why don't you live your life
Based on data so far, "deadly" isn't the case. Of course if you have underlying issues you should be worried but the symptoms are similar to cold because unlike the past variants that attack the lungs and respiratory (symptoms of chest pain and shortness of breathe) this one is much different. This attacks the bronchi similar to bronchitis infection, this is why you may get sore throat more and runny nose etc. There is no shortness of breathe usually but it is still possible if you have underlying issues and of course how your immune responds to the virus.
Who says it's deadly? Serious research isn't in yet but it seems that Omicron is generally milder, as we would hope. But why would you not take precautions against an unknown virus?
@@csgowoes6319 enough research going on in the UK and South Africa.
I’ve been sick since December 18th. Fever, night sweats, body aches, exhaustion, loss of taste, chills, sweating, tightness in my chest that is starting to get worse. I’ve tested positive for Covid on December 20th and December 23rd. I’m being treated for both pneumonia and bronchitis because the cough is not getting better and still incredibly exhausted. I’m fully vaccinated and also frustrated because I don’t know what else to do and I’m not getting any answers. 😢😢😢
it could have something to do with the vaccine - the same thing happened to my mum and it never happened to me (i’m unvaccinated)
I was at home relaxing a small cough didn’t think much of it my head my kinda hot. Went outside in the cold and out of no where my whole body started to shiver uncontrollably
I had a sore throat on December 30, didn't get hit with a full fever until the night of. Besides the fever, I had a runny nose, congestion, the chills, and a headache. After sleeping with the heat on high, taking some Advil cold and flu and drinking some herbal tea, I'm feeling better. My other symptoms have stopped and I just have the congestion left. I believe it was the flu because I had my flu shot prior.
Man, that first night was a doozy
I've been sick for the past six days with cough, fever, chills, body aches and a soar throat, got tested 2 days ago and the results came back negative for Covid and the Flu.
I guess I just have a bad case
of Cooties.
same here
Test again. I didn’t test positive until day 8
Same!! Trying to get retested, but can’t find a place to test.
@@heavenlycrowned .. why and the f*** !
@@aleewoolley thank gawd... deal with it ya baby.
Vaxed but there was a period of a days during Christmas week I felt I had weak head cold. Some congestion i'd wake up with. Sprayed saline spray drops, and took some behind-the-counter 6-hour Sudafed a few times a day and felt really good. I bet it was Omicron, I know when I normally get a cold it's usually more than this.
I had a cold that turned out to be covid 19 on pcr and lateral flow testing - absolutely impossible to tell apart from the annual cold/coughs (no night sweats and came on suddenly) I've had my whole life bar the recent pandemic (when I didn't get sick until recently); get a test basically to tell apart
what was your CT?
why do you want to know? with flu there are people who are immunocompromised who should go to hospital. If you are not there why GET OVERWHELMED with the fear with your imagination and the stupid fauci fear
@victor Giwa can i send my bank details to both of you ?
@victor Giwa thank you for the enlightenment
PCR tests can't tell the difference between covid and seasonal flu. Either one will turn up positive.
The hospital say stay home and treat it!
Yes night sweat , exactly that’s what I had for 2 nights , I tested positive
Having worked in the schools for many years, I almost always got ill and some times it was rough...Many times 3/4 of the kids were absent and it passed and we carried on. I guess you have to name it to make it deadly. I don't understand any of it
My feeling is we should change the name amongst the people to the 99%er virus as thats the survival rate.
People would be a lot less scared. Its sucks to get it but you will survive just relax and be patient.
@@peaceformula5830 The name should be the Trump Flu...Because he alone could fix it and he let it rage thru America, which is leading the world in deaths per million.
I woke up feeling ill so i went to get tested for covid influenza a and b and all came back negative so I decided just to stay home until i felt better I didn’t want to spread the. Flu or cold ….
If you can’t tell the difference then maybe it’s nothing to worry about 24/7?
After my family's Xmas party we have about 40 family members with covid 19, all of them vacced, im not vacced, and I don't have covid.
Every covid positive person I know is 'vaccinated'😆
Right......
I don't usually comment on videos but I couldn't stop myself from doing so here. Awesome content and an impressive one. Thank you so much.
'Avoid self diagnosing, assume it's covid' - Assuming it's covid IS self diagnosis.
@jessica carol what with?
Stress, being overworked and cold temperatures are huge factors in getting sick. By the time you notice symptoms there’s possibility of transfer of illness already. By that point your past being contagious.
OMG someone with some common sense!!!!!! Thank You!!
If you cant even tell the difference, then whats the point of this pandemic???
A new study published on the preprint server bioRxiv assesses the antiviral activity of stenoparib against four severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOCs). This study also focuses on the inhibition of the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant by a combination of stenoparib and remdesivir.
The researchers of the current study also evaluated the inhibitory action of a combination of stenoparib and remdesivir against the Alpha variant. When combined, the drugs acted synergistically and plaque inhibition increased to over 90%
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I thought I had Covid. Went to my nurse practitioner she mentioned strep. Got both tests. I had strep. This was a while back about 6 months. Now I’m having symptoms again. Did a home Covid test. It was negative. I had really bad chills, running nose, headache, body aches, do not feel well.
I eat a lot of garlic with honey, also in my soup, also turmeric, I take black seed oil. I drink arnica tea
with turmeric, pepper, and other spices, honey, a little acv. I’ll have to go see what I have, not feeling good enough to go anywhere
I got my flu shot and booster at the same time 🤙🏻
wear masks
Well here I am again about to get tested again Sunday. Sore throat , wheezing, chest pain and pressure, dry cough, chills, sweating and fatigue
Thank you doctor
Live your life
This is what I did. I couldn’t find a test in our local area but ordered one. It’s been 7 days and tested negative. Now I can take cold medicine. Getting the flu shot.
Joe Biden has dementia
@Jeffrey Friedman. Go Trump yourself.
@@jeff022889 buh bye 👋
@@jeff022889 Why do you still trust the political system in the USA? Its completely rotten to the core.
I had body aches and headaches was a bad cold and sinus infection lucked out on that one
I had severe flu back in May. Got my flu shot almost exactly a year earlier but didn’t get the current one that came out weeks later. Well, I did eventually get it… after recovering from the flu. Tested negative for COVID.
Totally misleading headline -- impossible to follow discussion and distinguish between cold, flu and COVID.
Couldn't have said it any better!
The difference how i knew i know i didnt have a cold or flu was my runny and blowing my nose were different from blowing my nose from a cold
Gargle for 30 seconds with listerine three times a day my mom a nurse from the old days was taught to do this as a young nurse.
no
If you can't tell does it matter ☺️
I had a bad case of flu last year. Thought it might be covid. Later in the year I did get covid and I knew right away. It was very different. I isolated for 10 days from my husband and kids.
Glad you made it through both.
""10 days? That's all? You must be a lying conspiracy theorist......"" HAHAHAHAHAHA Glad you're better and you had about a 99.8%
@@MsRose00 It's funny, I rhought the flu was bad...and then I had covid and it was so much worse. I had long covid for 5 months and now developoed an auto-immune disease because of it.
If you are essential you only have to isolate for 5 days now
@@surlespasdondine OMG! I had it last year in early Dec. I just had a headache and nausea. No fever, chills, or cough. My husband was completely asymptomatic. My sister was sick with cough, fever, all of that. But the difference is she has no long term symptoms. I notice I still get headaches more often. I feel for people like you who have been disabled by the illness. It makes me so mad when people don’t take it seriously.
Great video.
Good video. Now I know more about COVID symptoms. Thank you.
Sick right now and my 20 month is also. Tested negative for Covid. I have already had Covid in October. So sick of being sick!
I feel for ya.
Ignorance (and stupidity) is the root of misfortune to a larger or smaller extent
Or Allergies . I hear that lot.
I have been sneezing, congestion, and a little bit of a cough. No fever. I get allergies all the time. So, I am going with allergies.
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LOST OF TASTE, CHEST PAINS, AND A HARD TIME BREATHING! THOSE ARENT SYMPTOM ANYMORE!
Right?! Maybe is varies between variants?
I'm concerned about the negative 100,000 flu cases we've had so far.
You can thank lockdowns, mask mandates, an increase in flu vaccination and other safety measures we've taken against Covid.
@@kingsleebrigade6714 No
@@roxygutz2510 Yes, it's regardless of your feelings.
@@roxygutz2510 Keep kidding yourself. The truth is, physical distancing, masks and hygine do help - it's a no brainer.
@@ginxxxxx Follow the money.
Wow I need to have a rapid test before entering the hospital
Best in the world Doctor Campbell in my opinion
I just got my 2nd Covid vaccine and a flu shot yesterday. Ugh I feel so awful rn but I'm trusting that it will help me in the long run.
Do you have a sore throat?
I feel very awful too
@@mahikaboojo1378 no
@@johnnienogood7409 Ah ok thx
@@mahikaboojo1378 your welcome
Mine started with nothing but a tiny tickle in the back of my throat on a Wednesday, no cough really. Negative lateral flow test. At around 3am Saturday morning I started to get a fever and chills, then tested positive
I am starting to get the tickle in the back of my throat as of yesterday evening. The tickle is barely making me cough because of the tickle. How long did it last? And what should I expect in the next day or two? Thanks lot...
Jonathan .. Clearly you have done ZERO research because if you would have, you'd know that the inventor of the PCR machine Keri Mullis has stated that this machine is NOT meant to be used for diagnosis. Shortly after that statement he suddenly & mysteriously died in middle age ..
@@felixvargas4112 yes it wasn’t really making me cough at the time either, I think it was about two days after the tickle started, that’s when I had a fever. Then I did another test and it confirmed I was positive
@@jonnygti thanks for the reply, much appreciated..
Good lord, will it ever stop
I take no chances, when I feel something. I take something.
Scammer mainstream. The new normal.
It doesn't matter. Stay at home. Do not infect others. then get healthy. Wear your mask.
Masks are like putting up a chain-link fence to keep mosquitoes out ..
Tested PCR positive for C-19. I wasn’t sick at all.
3:10
I have been sick last 2 weeks. Went to urgent care after 9 days then ER at 15 days. Neither DR would give me a test because they said by the time, I got help I was no longer contagious. I have had terrible bouts of bronchitis. Night sweats. Started out as a bad cold Sore throat. Both Drs said it sounded like covid.
Sounded??
@@woke2truth452 Sounds fishy...
I thought I had a fever this morning..
Then I found out my electric blanket was on high.
I think covid did it...sh
@@eyemnew2991 Naw that was just your idiocy.
Are you vaccinated?
By now we should be able to get tests and the best treatment for covid immediately, our rich gov has definitely let us down again.
They’re sucking up all the profits and laughing all the way to the bank🤑
What would be the reason to get tested if you feel well enough and you just stay home and isolate regardless of what you have?? Any reason specifically
My wife and I had a brutal "cold" - or something - for about 5 days. We didn't feel nearly good enough to drive somewhere and get a test. We recovered fine, and, we're both almost 70.
@@guymerritt4860 Yes, that's good to know as long as you stay home and you're feeling well enough I'm glad you both are well now
But they are still 6 feet apart 😂