That's a fair point, there's some more good discussion on this here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03519-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-

That's a fair point, there's some more good discussion on this here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03519-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03519-3 For the broader point, regardless whether or not someone is more likely to have a common cold or COVID given the same group of symptoms, I think the point stands that if someone has symptoms consistent with COVID they should proceed as-if they have COVID -- especially given the current case rate in US.