Are Your Symptoms Allergies, The Flu, Or COVID-19? An Allergy Expert Explains

A public service announcement:  Spring is officially upon us and allergy sufferers will start experiencing the telltale signs of the spring bloom.  This is a big issue in the Central Valley of California, with lush and blooming vegetation after winter.  

Our local NPR affiliate, Capital Public Radio, ran an story inspired by audience questions about allergies and COVID-19:

“It’s allergy season in Northern California, and having a runny nose or itchy eyes while the coronavirus crisis is happening can be unnerving. But how do symptoms from allergies differ from the flu or COVID-19?

Fever. That’s the main difference, says Travis Miller, a physician with the Allergy Station in Roseville.

`This is a perfect storm, at least in Northern California. We have agriculture and pollen and spring is here,’ said Miller. `We’re still in flu season and now there’s another virus, so everybody’s coughing.’”

KJ