Is It Allergies or Coronavirus?

What you need to know when the slightest sniffle can be more frightening than ever

Robert Roy Britt
Elemental
Published in
5 min readApr 7, 2020

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A photo of a baby covering his face with tissues that he’s taken out of a tissue box.
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EEvery year about this time, cold and flu season starts to wind down just as seasonal allergies begin ramping up, starting in warmer regions and moving northward as spring unfolds. People with pollen allergies — about 8% of U.S. adults — go through a yearly ritual of being…

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Robert Roy Britt
Elemental

Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB