An intense cold with symptoms similar to Covid-19. It was reported in Australia and – according to local media – is probably also linked to the drop in immunity due to long periods of isolation. And now that we return to social life, we get sick more.
In particular, this super cold, of viral origin, is pushing Australians to test for Covid 19, which are negative, for symptoms that in fact resemble those caused by Sars-Cov 2: tiredness, runny nose, head and body pain, throat irritated. Symptoms that last for weeks. However, there is a difference with Covid: taste and smell are not lost.
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The risk of new infections, however, is more reasonable than the drop in immune defenses because it is linked to other factors: the abandonment of the mask, social distances, hand hygiene. But also of trips and longer journeys. And – in the case of Australia – the reopening of borders to people arriving from different continents, perhaps bringing viruses not very widespread in the country.
Second Ian Mackay, a virologist at the University of Queensland, it is no longer true that respiratory diseases are to some extent caused by cold temperatures. Not anymore after Covid-19. And in fact, Australia’s big wave of colds and flu occurred during more typical months, thus suggesting that the diseases have more to do with the general immunogenicity levels of the population, rather than temperatures. And prevalence too – according to Dr. Philippa Kaye, who spoke to Bbc – is very similar to that usually recorded in the pre-Covid winter months.
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“We are meeting again and having a social life, after 18 months – he specified – during the first lockdowns other non-Covid infections collapsed. Precisely because we were isolated”. And that’s why the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), which brings together general practitioners, continues to urge Australians to wear masks and maintain social distancing.
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