Doctor reveals how to tell if your cough might be COVID-19

[Yoni Heisler]

• A cough is a common coronavirus symptom, but a cough just by itself could be a sign of a completely unrelated ailment.
• A cough associated with a coronavirus infection is typically dry, which is to say that it's not accompanied by phlegm.
• Healthcare workers in the U.S. started receiving Pfizer's new coronavirus vaccine this week. Dr. Fauci believes healthy Americans may start receiving it as soon as late March.

One of the trickier aspects of the coronavirus is that many of its more common symptoms -- cough, fatigue, and fever -- mirror what you'd otherwise experience with the flu. But whereas the flu might leave you incapacitated for a week before making a full recovery, the coronavirus can sometimes cause severe symptoms that persist for months on end.

While everyone these days is understandably on high-alert for any type of symptom that could be a sign of a coronavirus infection, it's important not to get carried away and turn into a full-blown hypochondriac. A cough by itself, for example, is a symptom seen across any number of ailments, which is to say it's not necessarily a sign of a COVID-19 infection. In fact, there's actually a way to help you determine whether or not a newfound cough is a sign of COVID or perhaps unrelated.

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