CDC/WHO symptoms do not match!

[Tink41]

Woke up this morning with sinus issues, I do not have allergies. So I decided to refresh my memory as to the symptoms of COV-ID9. I Google, up comes CDC in results along with a permanent side bar from WHO. They do not match. CDC lists 3 symptoms Fever, cough, shortness of breath. The WHO lists runny nose, cough, sore throat, fever. THIS is important! I feel anyone looking for symptoms will see the 3 listed and think they are fine and go out as opposed to suspect they may have something and isolate.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. What about shaky and lightheaded? I've looked more like the WHO list than CDC.

[Tink41]

2. Not sure

I cannot be sure of that because I alerted as soon as I seen the discrepancy. It's alarming

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Could be seasonal flu, which is nothing to fool around with either.

People with respiratory systems should stay home until they know what they've got.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I think WHO is listing all reported symptoms, but everything I've read suggests

that the major and usually consistent symptoms are fever and a persistent cough, with other respiratory symptoms possible. What they screen for (when they do screen) is fever. If you don't have a fever you probably have something else. But when in doubt, isolate and call your doctor.

[Tink41]

5. Not worried about me

I am worried about the misinformation. People will have some sniffles shrug it off and go about daily business infecting others!!
It's the lack of concise information

[Renew Deal]

7. I've seen dry cough/sore throat mentioned a lot.

I’m both surprised and not surprised. I would use the international sources for medical info.

CDC has some family/work info which is fine, but it is clear their boss has an agenda and it is not your wellbeing.

[Tink41]

12. I agree

And it's why I was taken aback this morning. I seemed to remember different symptoms talked about 3 weeks ago so I went back to check and (poof) magically disappeared from CDC. Again I'm not "concerned" for myself, meaning I'm staying on top of info from everywhere, but their are others who look only at CDC and shrug.

[eleny]

30. Yes, specifially a dry cough

[LakeArenal]

4. Anyone with any flu or cold symptoms should stay home

No one right now wants to be around anyone with any coughing, sniffles or sore throat.

[Tink41]

6. Don't mean to be rude

But people reading the CDC symptoms may not think they have something potentially serious. We already have enough deniers going about Spring Break, hanging out at bars, restaurants not believing it's a thing and this contributes to it

[LakeArenal]

8. Every symptom at this time around is serious.

Whether Covid or not.

[rzemanfl]

9. I always read profiles. n/t

[Tink41]

18. Meaning??

What does this mean? And what does a profile have to do with noticing a discrepancy between the two health organizations?

[rzemanfl]

20. Meaning I have a habit. Make of that what you will. n/t

[Tink41]

24. Odd

Odd how it could pertain to post I made. How it made sense to comment what you did. I'm simply pointing out something I came across this morning and based on convos I've had with other people the last week, I found it alarming that the symptoms are not the same. You see there are people out there who seem to be shrugging this off, and its not about getting sick as much as overwhelming the hospital system where people with other conditions, may be turned away for lack of room. But make unrelated comments if you must, the info I posted is just a Google away, anyone can see within seconds it's true.

[USALiberal]

32. Lol, ok! Nt

[hlthe2b]

10. They are listing the most common symptoms. Over time as we get more confirmed data on symptom

frequency, their descriptions will change. Remember US is still in the cold/flu season and there is an attempt to distinguish. There will always be some who have the less common symptoms along with the more frequent. And, there is no reason to believe that a small number of individuals could not be co-infected with both a cold virus and COVID-19, showing symptoms of both.


Here is published data on confirmed COVID-19 symptom frequency based on 55, 924 lab-confirmed cases worldwide:

As of 20 February 2020 and
based on 55924 laboratory-confirmed cases, typical signs and symptoms include:fever (87.9%), dry cough (67.7%), fatigue (38.1%), sputum production (33.4%), shortness of breath (18.6%), sore throat (13.9%), headache (13.6%), myalgiaor arthralgia (14.8%), chills(11.4%), nausea or vomiting (5.0%), nasal congestion (4.8%), diarrhea (3.7%), and hemoptysis (0.9%), and conjunctival congestion (0.8%).

People with COVID-19 generally develop signs and symptoms,including mild respiratory symptoms and fever, on an average of 5-6 days after infection (mean incubation period 5-6 days, range 1-14 days). Most people infected with COVID-19 virus have mild disease and recover. Approximately 80% of laboratory-confirmed patients have had mild to moderate disease, which includes pneumonia and pneumonia cases, 13.8% have severe disease (dyspnea, respiratory frequency ≥30/minute, blood oxygen saturation≤93%, PaO2/FiO2 ratio <300, and/or lung infiltrates >50% of the lung field within 24-48 hours) and 6.1% are critical (respiratory failure, septic shock, and/or multiple organ dysfunction/failure). Asymptomatic infection has been reported, but the majority of the relatively rare cases who are asymptomatic on the date of identification/report wenton to develop disease.

https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf

[zackymilly]

13. I read from the CDC that diarrhea is also a symptom. n/t

[Tink41]

15. YES!!

I remember that also, my Dad had that going on beginning this week, then he had fatigue, sinus, cough. Elderly. No I have not been in contact.

[NutmegYankee]

14. Runny nose and cough (not dry) are probably a cold/allergy

The key difference appears to be fever. I have an occasional cough, related to a very mild runny nose for the last few weeks, but no fever. Given the minimal impact on my energy, probably allergies.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Early spring allergies are bad this year because there's so much snow mold.

I've been sniffling and sneezing for weeks, no other symptoms. Feels like the usual allergies.

[defacto7]

16. It's pretty simple...

WHO wants people to catch earlier symptoms that may be covid, CDC doesn't want to be bothered so they go with the symptoms that mean it's possibly too late which saves money. I'm not kidding, that's how I see it.

[Tink41]

17. YES!!

So I remember about 3 weeks ago maybe 4, joking about the Chinese and how they were attempting to build 2 hospitals in 3 days. Being in the building trades we were really thrown. Anyway the symptoms listed then were different than today. And I am agreeing with you, it's what prompted me to post.

[uponit7771]

21. CV-19 is the new strain of coronavirus

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[Tink41]

22. Could you be more clear?

Not sure what you are getting at. Google the terms I did results came up that do not match. Coronavirus symptoms. If you Google CV symptoms well a certain car part comes up.

[uponit7771]

26. NBC had a blurb on it and the conflation of coronavirus and covid-19. Coronavirus is

... is something common where COVID-19 is the new.

Here's from https://www.avera.org/balance/infectious-disease/influenza-or-covid-19-whats-the-difference/

Using the term “coronavirus” can cause confusion as well. COVID-19 is a coronavirus, but not the only one. COVID-19 specifies a certain strain of a coronavirus (COronaVIrus Disease-2019 = COVID-19).

I'll start just using CV-19 for now on, is shorter and less confusing

[TwilightZone]

28. Coronavirus is the name for a family of viruses. The official name for this one is SARS-CoV-2.

COVID-19 is the name for the disease, not the virus.

Sorry for the broken link. You'll need to cut/paste

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it

[uponit7771]

29. 👍

[lunasun]

23. Thanks for pointing that out

[LizBeth]

25. Shortness of breathe seems to be the one that differentiates. Along with fever and dry cough.

[Glimmer of Hope]

27. During this press conference, the WHO clearly states that a runny nose is not a symptom: At 17:00

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[Duppers]

31. Fever! Allergies can produce most of these other

Symptoms with the rare exception of fever, soooo, I have to go with fever since I already have the others.

Fever definitely means your body is fighting an infection.