Covid symptoms without covid? Is there anything else going around?

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Curious if anyone here knows if there's some other summer bug going around that isn't corona. Been sick for a few weeks now but it hasn't gotten bad enough to warrant a doc visit, but isn't going away on its own.
 

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Curious if anyone here knows if there's some other summer bug going around that isn't corona. Been sick for a few weeks now but it hasn't gotten bad enough to warrant a doc visit, but isn't going away on its own.
Covid doesn't always hit hard, have you lost any sense of taste? Only other thing that I'm seeing more than usual is something called RSV, but it usually doesn't do much to adults.
 

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Covid doesn't always hit hard, have you lost any sense of taste? Only other thing that I'm seeing more than usual is something called RSV, but it usually doesn't do much to adults.

Yes partial loss of taste/smell.. about 25% reduction from normal. If I got covid, it really had no symptoms except maybe a day or two I had a sore throat and used a salt water gargle.
 

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I've had a nasty cough for the last week or so, but no sneezing, watery eyes or fever. No loss of taste (I can taste all this phlegm just fine) or anyting covid related. Been hitting the Mucinex here lately and it's helped a lot.

Sounds about like something that hit me on Monday, peaked yesterday morning and broke last evening. Feeling way better today!
I think if it had continued getting worse I'd go get tested but at this point in time I think whatever it was is on its way out of my system.
 

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