The widely varied symptoms associated with Covid-19 can make it hard to distinguish the virus from other maladies that circulate in the fall. Here's what to do if your child starts showing symptoms.
Under two weeks after school started, Savannah Gardiner's 8-year-old son woke her up at 4 a.m. complaining of an upset stomach, nausea and a sore throat. By the next morning, her two youngest children, ages 3 and 6, had lost their voices.
"They just feel miserable," said Gardiner, a full-time student and mother of four in Lehi, Utah."Every family gets sick at the beginning of the school year, but this year is different. You have to second-guess every symptom.
For that reason, Tothy noted, it's especially important to get a flu vaccine this year."Make sure your children's vaccinations are up to date, and everyone in the family is getting a flu shot as well," she said."Right now, we just have to be extra cautious." Jen Rose Smith is a writer based in Vermont. Find her work at jenrosesmith.com, or follow her on Twitter @jenrosesmithvt.
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