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You're probably right - I think a lot of people have a fundamental misunderstanding of severity and statistics here. As far as I can tell, if you have respirato

You're probably right - I think a lot of people have a fundamental misunderstanding of severity and statistics here. As far as I can tell, if you have respiratory "cold"/"flu" symptoms, it's most likely that it's COVID, just based on prevalence and contagiousness. Also, a lot of people haven't had the flu in years - it's not mild. It's often a week of being miserable in bed, not two days of sniffles. Mild COVID can feel like a cold, but COVID is more contagious and (I believe) more prevalent at this point. If you have any of those symptoms, you should probably assume it is COVID and take a test if you need to be around others.

anon291 4y ago
People say this and I cannot fathom it. I just tested positive for flu last week. Yes I took one day off work. Yes I had a fever. But I kept working and other than isolating, lived my life as normal. If you're stuck in bed for a week I would seriously consider your health. Flu was one day of high fever and a few days of sniffles and this is confirmed influenza. Seriously Americans are way too unhealthy. Even COVID... Everyone said it was a week and I had one day of high fever (but I didd take my free week off works that was great!)