SciShow: Is This Coronavirus, or Just Allergies? Symptoms of COVID-19

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Content of the Lesson: Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliant’s Daily Challenges. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. A lot of people with coughs or fevers might be stressing out these days because they are worried that they have COVID-19. But with cold and flu season still in full swing, and the spring allergy season starting up (in the Northern Hemisphere anyway), there are plenty of other things out there that could potentially explain these symptoms. How to care for patients with suspected coronavirus disease: https://www.who.int/publications-detail/home-care-for-patients-with-suspected-novel-coronavirus-(ncov)-infection-presenting-with-mild-symptoms-and-management-of-contacts Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Katie Marie Magnone, D.A.Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, charles george, Greg ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season.htm https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hay-fever/in-depth/seasonal-allergies/art-20048343 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/share-facts.html https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus#tab=tab_3 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jmv.25735 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1477893920300910?via%3Dihub#bib58 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/03/24/science.abb3221 https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-basics https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pneumonia/symptoms-causes/syc-20354204 https://www.healthline.com/health/acute-respiratory-distress-syndrome https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52036948 https://journals.lww.com/ajg/Documents/COVID_Digestive_Symptoms_AJG_Preproof.pdf https://www.adventhealth.com/blog/coronavirus-flu-or-common-cold-know-difference https://www.healthline.com/health-news/flu-allergies-coronavirus-different-symptoms#Sneezing-isnt-a-symptom https://www.propublica.org/article/covid-19-coronavirus-testing-paradox-united-states https://www.wired.com/story/the-ibuprofen-debate-reveals-the-danger-of-covid-19-rumors/ https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1240409217997189128 https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/a-1095-2344 https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1202.full https://www.entuk.org/sites/default/files/files/Loss%20of%20sense%20of%20smell%20as%20marker%20of%20COVID.pdf https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2002032?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/03/26/negative-coronavirus-test-result-doesnt-always-mean-you-arent-infected/ https://covidtracking.com/data/state/new-york/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_William_Waterhouse_-_The_Soul_of_the_Rose,_1903.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:13981214000937637189461364756711_%D8%A2%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%E2%80%8C_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%AE%DB%8C%D8%B5_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SARS-CoV-2_2871.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lobar_pneumonia_illustrated.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Draeger_evita_dura_respirator.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SARS-CoV-2_without_background.png


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