Runny nose? Fever? Fatigue? Here’s what doctors want you to know about how to tell the difference between illnesses as we head into flu season
Flu season is approaching and health experts expect it to be worse than last year. WSJ’s Felicia Schwartz explains why this could be an earlier and more severe season and what precautions people can take during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Imagesto be rough this year, and with it comes another challenge: Figuring out whether your symptoms point to the flu, Covid-19 or something else.
Many symptoms of flu and Covid-19 are similar. Fever, fatigue and achiness can occur with both. The often-milder symptoms of a Covid-19 breakthrough infection in vaccinated people—sometimes including a runny nose or sneezing—
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