Thread by @petermbenglish

A short thread on different Covid-19 symptoms.

Interesting to hear Prof @timspector on Inside Science.
player.fm/1BCyEMq

Particularly since I've been reporting via
covid.joinzoe.com for weeks.
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Interesting to hear more about the wide range of symptoms you can get. The classic 3 symptoms at eg gov.uk/government/pub… were the most discriminatory symptoms in people I'll enough to be admitted to hospital.
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In milder cases - and especially in children - other symptoms are as or more common. Eg fatigue, loss of appetite (skipping meals), rashes, diarrhoea.
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When the purpose is identifying cases to prevent transmission, it's important not to miss cases because the case definition us inappropriately tight.
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When, as a Consultant in Communicable Disease Control (CCDC), I identify an exposure, I can, based on risk assessment, either recommend that everyone exposed should self-isolate etc; or…
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… or I can ask ask them to be extra vigilant, and to have a reduced threshold for testing etc.
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It would be useful to be able to point these increased vigilance people to a gov.uk website explaining that for 2 weeks after exposure, ANY significant new symptoms are an indication for testing.
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As "NHS" (privatised Sitel/Serco) "test and trace" starts to detect more people with confirmed Covid-19 it becomes increasingly important to give best advice to contacts.
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I hope that @PHE_uk and nhs.uk will facilitate this by adding other such presentations to their Web sites. (And make them easier to understand than at present.)
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