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Beyond Covid: Looking at Respiratory Virus Recommendations: Feeling Sick?

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Guidance if you are sick

CDC says:

When you may have a respiratory virus...‎
Stay home and away from others (including people you live with who are not sick) if you have respiratory virus symptoms that aren't better explained by another cause. These symptoms can include fever, chills, fatigue, cough, runny nose, and headache, among others.*

See CDC's Preventing Spread of Respiratory Viruses When You’re Sick

Reminder: CDC now refers to the Respiratory Viruses Guidelines which coronavirus disease (COVID) is now part of.

Symptoms

Symptoms

Signs and Symptoms of Respiratory Viruses can include but are not limited to:

Cough cough illustration
Headache headache illustration
Wheezing shortness of breath illustration
Sore throatsore throat illustration
Fever or Chillsfever or chills illustration
New loss of taste or smellnew loss of taste or smell illustration

Fatigue (tiredness)fatigue illustration
Congestion or runny noserunny nose illustration
Muscle or body achesmuscle or body aches illustration
Nausea or vomitingnausea or vomiting illustration
DiarrheaDiarrhea illustration		  

Other possible symptoms: chest discomfort, decrease in appetite, sneezing, weakness

Image Attributions

Illustrated images on the front page and "Feeling sick?" page come from the Maine CDC.