August 18, 2020

Even though the flu virus spreads all throughout the year in the United States, according to the CDC, the most common strains circulate during the fall and winter time, and they begin to ramp up around October. With flu season just around the corner while the country experiences astronomical COVID-19 numbers—now at nearly 5.5 million cases, about one-fourth of coronavirus cases worldwide—it's easy to get confused between the symptoms of the two ailments. How do you differentiate between the symptoms of the flu and COVID-19, and just how similar are the two?

Influenza (aka the flu) and COVID-19 are both contagious respiratory illnesses, but the viruses that cause them are totally different. A person can get the flu when they are infected by an influenza virus (there are many types), and can contract COVID-19 when they are infected by a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2.

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