Suffering from flu, RSV or COVID-19? How you can tell the difference

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Here are some questions to consider when trying to determine if you have COVID-19, flu or RSV:

A doctor shows a sample test kit at a drive-through clinic for coronavirus, flu and RSV, at UW Medical Center Northwest in Seattle, March 9, 2020., mainly driven by COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV.

"In most cases, if anybody has generic symptoms, such as fever, cough, runny nose, there's going to be no real way to distinguish which one is which without a test," Dr. Scott Roberts, an assistant professor and the associate medical director of infection prevention at Yale School of Medicine, told ABC News.Flu symptoms typically appear rather quickly while symptoms of RSV and COVID-19 appear more gradually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"So, if somebody says, 'I went to Thanksgiving party yesterday where someone had flu and the next day I had a fever,' I can already tell you that's flu," Roberts said. "I know it's much too fast for it to be COVID."Public health experts told ABC News that depending on how old a patient is can affect the severity of the disease., particularly those with weakened immune systems or congenital lung or heart disease.

 

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Its called do fall for it. Its a virus known to kill conservatives how many liberals died in the nursing homes

And just a year ago this would have gotten you banned from twitter for saying covid is like the flu

MSM playing doctor, what could possibly go wrong?

loss of smell and taste not really common anymore

“It’s just the flu bro,” was true.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

CovidsOver nerds

Glad I'm unvaccinated, I'd be sick with the bio weapon bug or the others constantly like many of the poor vaccinated or dying of big giant rubbery clots

According to this chart, there was absolutely no reason for lockdowns and mandates.

As an actively practicing physician who sees all 3 of these daily, allow me to state clearly & emphatically that this entire chart is complete bullshit.

Any new FDA information about the connection of the COVID vaccination and ❤️ issues by 60+ or young people? I think there was new information published. Or not?

You can't tell them apart. Even doctors can't tell them apart. That's why they have tests.

Sniffles and body ache, oh my. Be afraid everyone, be very afraid.

Why do I feel like if a certain 'other' president was still in office the headline would read, 'Massive Pandemic, President kills thousands by not implementing new mask policies' It's sad, I can't even get normal news without picturing the madness you all fell victim too 🤮

Fear mongering fake news hoax

🤡

Can we get a column for hungover?

Wear a mask…

Just stop already

They're all the same.

Shut up

Let's just hope that they don't decide to fall in ❤️️& have multiple offspring (children). -ONE.💯

I thought COVID wasn’t a thing anymore since Dems won the elections

Tripledemic my left buttcheek🤣

Covid flu same thing and what is rsv

That's a lot of words to say 'good luck figuring it out before it's too late'

This chart is not helpful.

Is anyone doing anything about the open border and diseases coming through there?

where's the row for dark winters of severe illness and death

Don’t care. Your fear campaigns aren’t working anymore.

Stop with the fear mongering fake news hoax

So Covid is so closed to the flu & RSV THAT PEOPLE CANT TELL THEM APART? why exactly did we close down for two years? The MEDIA MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

Wait, I thought this was a conspiracy theory

Why do we need to?

Huh....I would never guessed that

Similar/ Other/ Different Clothing

I know you can tell the difference one is ricin another is insecticide and another is a combination of insecticide and ricin here's your phony diseases here's how they're deploying it

this list is so pointless, it just shows how democrats used covid to boost their political gain. At this point if your sick u have covid regardless of your symptoms

who cares

Where does it lead?

This tweet would have been label as misinformation and account suspended just a year ago

Worst game of bingo ever

Nothing natural immunity can't handle

jodyvance Gee thanks. That really cleared it up. 😝

Still silent on the dirty Biden laptop?

Wtf.

Your organization should really be going after why we’re allowing scientists from Boston U create a strain of COVID with an 80% mortality rate..

Hey guys! Remember the flu! It’s a thing again now!

Sometimes or rare - riiiight - that clears everything up nicely.

Covid is over, so are you! Disney lives sticking people!

Lol They're literally telling you Flu and Covid is basically the same They lied to you before

Just now catching up?

Old and don't have to be out in the public much but when I do go out, I've started wearing a mask and carrying a sanitary wipe again. Staying 6ft away has become 2nd nature & I haven't had even a sniffle in 3yrs. I imagine I'll be masking up every winter for the rest of my life.

You could add a 4th column and it would fit right in: BEING IN LOVE

Some ppl test positive for more than one at the same time with a constellation of symptoms this season.

We need mask mandated in public spaces again. We need to protect vulnerable Americans.

2020?

It’s a cold And the flu Same shit as always Stop the nonsense

Here you go, forgot the *H

ScottTaylorTV Extremely helpful, thanks 🤡

Just stay away from the elderly and infirm when you’re sick

Thank you

Enough with the symptoms, people get too anxious over all that. Stick to the key point at the bottom!

WorldNews Could have told you that a yr n half ago. But us conspiracy people are full of shit. Oh look the hunter laptops been out for over a yr but yet most are just now hearing about it.

Covid was a hoax and the Covid vaccine is killing millions of people

Nobody cares except virtue signaling control freaks. So out of touch with reality

Narratir: You can’t tell them apart.

This is good to know

Trev_Uren

Rule 1 - If Trump is president and has a chamber of Congress it’s COVID Rule 2 - if there is a Dem Pres & a split Congress it’s a bad flu Rule3 - If there is a Dem Pres & Congress sickness only exists in other countries and we need to send them money (or your racist)

Ha ha no shit Covid PlanDemic is insanity

GMA ABC needs to fire TJ and Amy,so much for family/company values!!

Remember when you were considered a science denier for comparing Covid to the flu?

Wow you guys are pushing hypochondria hard.

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