Why Some People Are Still Getting Sick—But Not With COVID-Scientific American

On September 18 Orianna Carvalho woke up at 3 A.M. with a sore throat and the sniffles. At first she thought her symptoms were caused by allergies. But as the minutes ticked by, she began to worry they were caused by COVID-19. The following morning, Carvalho got tested at the University of Rhode Island, where she is a first-year doctoral student. Over the next few hours she developed a fever, and the catastrophizing began in earnest. When Carvalho finally learned that the cause of her misery was not COVID but the common cold, she was relieved but also surprised. Scientific American, 10/02/2020

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