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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CAN ALL THE PEOPLE WITH "Just a cold" PLEASE GO GET COVID TESTED???

Seesh. [/quote]

Not me. I've had 2 colds since all this started, one right when we got sent home to work in March and one last week. Congestion, slightly scratchy throat for a day, a little bit of sneezing, felt tired and foggy, temp never went over 98.9. I was worried when it started but opted to wait and see if symptoms went away and they did after a few days. Postponed grocery shopping (haven't done it yet, using up stuff in freezer). False negatives are higher in early stages of infection anyway. Also, I honestly don't know how to tell the difference between allergies and a cold, although I imagine that a cold coming on and then going away after a few days doesn't seem like allergies.

I realize there are asymptomatic infections and likely there are infections with extremely mild symptoms, so it makes sense to stay away from people. I suppose if I did test positive that would provide data for contact tracers. But I would not get tested unless I had an actual fever and/or sore throat and/or cough and/or GI symptoms and/or headache, or if I had been in contact with someone who tested positive. As for the taste and smell thing, I've had that happen with colds. Nobody else in my household had any cold symptoms at all.

In theory, if you are doing everything exactly right, you shouldn't catch ANYTHING, but I did. "Community spread"--meaning they don't know where someone got it--account for a huge percentage of covid infections.[/quote]

Isn't EVERYONE feeling this way these days due to fall allergies  Certainly, I've been sneezing, sniffing, watery eyed this week.  [/quote]

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