Despite the wide availability of COVID-19 vaccines to Americans as young as 5 years old, the chance of infection from COVID-19 is still a possibility.
So how do you tell the difference between the flu, the common cold or COVID-19? Jade Flinn, a nurse educator at Johns Hopkins Hospital’s biocontainment unit, outlines some key differences and similarities between the three illnesses.Some common symptoms of a cold, the flu and COVID-19 can include but are not limited to fatigue, cough, headaches, fever, stuffy nose, sore throats, aches and chills.
A key difference between a common cold and both the flu or COVID-19 include the following symptoms:"The biggest thing (similarity) is all the schmutz that’s coming out of your nose.