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Teling the difference between the common cold and COVID

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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Teling the difference between the common cold and COVID
Teling the difference between the common cold and COVID

We hate to think about it, but cold season is just around the corner.

How can you tell the difference between COVID-19 and the common cold?

THE CORNER.SO HOW CAN YOU TELL THEDIFFERENCE BETWEEN COVID-19 ANDA COLD?FAMILY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN DR.CHAD TAMEZ SAYS IT ALL LOOKS SOSIMILAR.BUT HE SHARED WITH US THE STARKDIFFERENCES PARENTS SHOULD LOOKFOR.THE FIRST IS A FEVER.YOU CAN GET FEVERS WITHCOLDS...BUT THEY TEND TO BE A LITTLEMORE MILD.THE CLASSIC SEVERE STYLESYMPTOMS OF COVID, HIGH FEVERSEEMS TO BE THE CASE, 102 PLUS.COUGH IS STILL ONE OF THEHALLMARK SYMPTOMS OF SEVERECOVID.THE SECOND THING TO LOOK FOR...THE COMMON COLD DOESN'TTYPICALLY INCLUDE DIARRHEA.BUT HE SAYS...KEEP IN MIND YOUWILL EXPERIENCE IT WITH ASTOMACH BUG.TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAFE...DR.TAMEZ SAYS BE SURE TO WASHTHOSE HANDS OFTEN AND WEAR AMASK.WHILE MANY COLLEGES ANDUNIVERSITIES ARE PLANNING TO

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