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How to tell the difference between the common cold and the omicron variant.
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2021 Dec 27, 8:13am 267 views 4 comments
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Tenpoundbass
2021 Dec 27, 8:24am
Tenpoundbass
2021 Dec 27, 8:24am
What a worthless article. Everyone loses smell when your nose is stopped up.
First off, there is no way to discern between the variants, so when they say Omicron vs Delta, they are full of shit. And are solely going on the messaging that the Delta has ran its course, and the Omicron is in full effect now. Which of course clears the way for future unquestioned variants.
First off, there is no way to discern between the variants, so when they say Omicron vs Delta, they are full of shit. And are solely going on the messaging that the Delta has ran its course, and the Omicron is in full effect now. Which of course clears the way for future unquestioned variants.
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porkchopXpress
2021 Dec 27, 9:01am
porkchopXpress
2021 Dec 27, 9:01am
Tenpoundbass says
What a worthless article. Everyone loses smell when your nose is stopped up.To be fair, I never had a stopped-up nose when I had Covid, and my smell was non-existent. It was weird. Never happened to me before with any illness.
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WookieMan
2021 Dec 27, 9:32am
WookieMan
2021 Dec 27, 9:32am
porkchopexpress says
Yeah, I never tested positive, but I had it for sure. It's not what you think it is 10#. You'll know it if and when you get it. The smell thing is profound. It's just gone, generally no stuffy nose or congestion. And when I say gone, I mean 100% gone. Nothing. I keep repeating myself because it's fucking strange. Legit have put my face in smoke from a fire. Nothing. Garlic. Spicy food. Nothing. I lost close to 10 lbs because eating food wasn't enjoyable, which has never happened to me.
I've had symptoms for a month. Probably 10-20% of smell/taste back from 0%. And by 0% I mean everything is basically distilled water, solid food or otherwise for taste/smell. Most miserable symptom in my opinion. Fatigue was 2nd, but I have flexibility and can sleep most days all day if I want to. Cough with slight chest pain 3rd. Overall a nothing burger besides time lost sleeping and missing out on some good food. That was my Covid experience. I'd never get vaccinated against it.
Tip though, if you smoke cigs, pot or something else, it's going to linger bigly. My SIL that got it at the same time is still coughing constantly. Everyone I know with a rough bout of it was a smoker of something or vaping. As a former smoker that has finally kicked it, just quit. I failed 3-4 times after a year on/off over a decade, but I'm about 5-6 years in now with zero urge or temptation. Only smoke occasional pot or a cigar. Covid and smoking are a bad mix.
Tenpoundbass saysWhat a worthless article. Everyone loses smell when your nose is stopped up.To be fair, I never had a stopped-up nose when I had Covid, and my smell was non-existent. It was weird. Never happened to me before with any illness.
Yeah, I never tested positive, but I had it for sure. It's not what you think it is 10#. You'll know it if and when you get it. The smell thing is profound. It's just gone, generally no stuffy nose or congestion. And when I say gone, I mean 100% gone. Nothing. I keep repeating myself because it's fucking strange. Legit have put my face in smoke from a fire. Nothing. Garlic. Spicy food. Nothing. I lost close to 10 lbs because eating food wasn't enjoyable, which has never happened to me.
I've had symptoms for a month. Probably 10-20% of smell/taste back from 0%. And by 0% I mean everything is basically distilled water, solid food or otherwise for taste/smell. Most miserable symptom in my opinion. Fatigue was 2nd, but I have flexibility and can sleep most days all day if I want to. Cough with slight chest pain 3rd. Overall a nothing burger besides time lost sleeping and missing out on some good food. That was my Covid experience. I'd never get vaccinated against it.
Tip though, if you smoke cigs, pot or something else, it's going to linger bigly. My SIL that got it at the same time is still coughing constantly. Everyone I know with a rough bout of it was a smoker of something or vaping. As a former smoker that has finally kicked it, just quit. I failed 3-4 times after a year on/off over a decade, but I'm about 5-6 years in now with zero urge or temptation. Only smoke occasional pot or a cigar. Covid and smoking are a bad mix.
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PeopleUnited
2021 Dec 27, 10:52am
PeopleUnited
2021 Dec 27, 10:52am
Al_Sharpton_for_President says
But I was told we were following the science?
poorly understood reanimation.
But I was told we were following the science?
The omicron variant of the coronavirus has become the dominant strain in the United States, arriving at a time where the flu and common colds are running rampant.
So how do you distinguish between the two?
Dr. Lisa Barrett, an infectious disease specialist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, told Yahoo! News that it’s not easy to distinguish the omicron variant symptoms from the common cold.
The only COVID-19 symptoms that do not show up with a common cold are creeping rigor mortis, followed by death, and a poorly understood reanimation.
https://www.deseret.com/coronavirus/2021/12/25/22850044/omicron-variant-common-cold-covid-19-symptoms-difference?source=patrick.net