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How? I wouldn't know the difference between a seasonal cold (or flu) or COVID, mostly because I've never had COVID.
by spamizbad 3y ago
How? I wouldn't know the difference between a seasonal cold (or flu) or COVID, mostly because I've never had COVID.
- maxbond 3y agoEvery time I've gotten together with my family for Christmas the past few years, a very virulent infection has ripped though the household, getting everyone sick within a week, and taking me out of commission for a large part of the trip. Every time I think to myself, "this is it, we all got COVID. I can tick off the symptoms." None of those times were COVID (as confirmed by PCR tests). More recently I was getting ready to go meet a newborn family member. I felt a little off so I took a Rapid Test. Guess what? I had COVID. That Rapid Test stopped me from introducing COVID into a household with a newborn baby and parents trying to stay healthy to take care of their newborn baby.
- fdasfdmfdm 3y ago[flagged]
- nradov 3y agoYou likely have had COVID-19 at some point without knowing it. In most patients it presents with minimal symptoms and is clinically similar to the common cold. Other coronaviruses that we classify as "common cold" viruses such as HCoV-OC43 are genetically very similar to SARS-CoV-2.