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Previously, the CDC listed 3 symptoms for Covid: fever, cough & shortness of breath. List is now expanded with: chills, shaking, muscle pain, sore throat & loss of taste or smell added.
All do NOT have to be present..
PLEASE stay home!
#mondaythoughts
nytimes.com/2020/04/27/hea…
2-"[CDC's] recommendations say that cases should be reported if there are positive lab tests, but also if there are clinical symptoms that meet one of several thresholds. One category involves people who have cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.
3-"Another inv people with two of the following symptoms: fever, chills, shivers, muscle pain, headache, sore throat or new dysfunction of taste/smell. Cases of people in both categories should be reported as likely Covid-19 only if there is no other more plausible diagnosis"
4-"While people who become seriously ill from coronavirus infection primarily have acute respiratory distress, other symptoms that accompany the disease can vary widely..for example, that many people with Covid-19 don’t have fevers or that their fevers wax and wane and are
5-"sometimes accompanied by chills. Shortness of breath can emerge at the same time as other symptoms or it can crop up suddenly a week or even 10 days after a person has been experiencing more manageable symptoms like cough and aches." ~NYT
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