(ForEveryMom) As coronavirus cases continue to surge across most parts of the U.S. and hospitalizations skyrocket, experts are gearing up for what they’re calling a “twindemic” as cold and flu season looms.
While many COVID symptoms are not specific to the coronavirus itself, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams is warning of the one symptom you should not ignore this fall and winter.
“The one symptom that I would alert people to that really differentiates flu from COVID is loss of taste or smell,” Adams said on NPR’s All Things Considered. “If you get that symptom, then you need to be reaching out to your health provider right away and going in and getting a COVID test.”