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Senator Bernie Sanders tests positive for COVID-19 during Senate break as infections rise nationally (thehill.com)

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[+] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world -52 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yes, but those variety of viruses are rhinoviruses and COVID is a coronavirus. Just because they're both viruses doesn't mean they're the same illness.

https://www.cdc.gov/ncird/rhinoviruses-common-cold.html

They're vastly different species. It's like saying a coral snake and a zebra are the same animal because they both have stripes.

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[+] soren446@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I have the same issue with COVID deniers (I do not think @YoBuckStopsHere is a COVID denier) calling it the flu. It's silly to treat all viruses as the same even if they cause similar symptoms with an infection.

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[–] antik@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Restored comment.

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