The virus no longer looks the way it did during the early waves of the pandemic. Previously, symptoms such as loss of smell and taste, high fever, and severe breathing difficulties were common. “What has changed over the few years is not just COVID but also how it affects people. Before, people with COVID would often have a loss of smell and taste, a fever, and trouble breathing. Now many people with COVID just have a sore throat, a mild fever, a cough that will not go away, a headache, or they feel really tired. Some people just have a nose or body aches, which makes it hard to tell if they have COVID or something else like the flu,” said Dr. Desai.
