but the problem is that, particularly with Omicron, there is little to enable you to distinguish Covid symptoms from flu or cold symptoms. So it is not a particularly useful list.
The age-old rule of thumb of 'stay at home if you don't feel well enough to go out' seems perfectly adequate to me.
I've caught Covid, and despite being fully vaccinated, it's an absolute nightmare. I've got constant migraines, I'm sleeping most of the time, and even kicking a ball from one side of the garden to another leaves me tired. It's even a struggle to walk up stairs without feeling tired.
Fortunately, at least in PL, we have sane sick leave policies. The boss simply wrote and said "take as much time as you need". I'm off work until the end of next week, but it is absolutely normal to take as much time as you need to get back to full health. If I'm not better by next Friday, I'll go back to the doctor and get another week off. No big deal.
In terms of "trying to live with the virus" - surely part of that is understanding the various symptoms people get?
As for colds and flus - we understand and document the symptoms colds and flus give. We don't "hide away" some symptoms from official resources like you seem to want to do for COVID.
Living with COVID isn't burying your head in the sand pretending the illness no longer exists like some members of this forum sound like they want to do. It is about understanding the impacts the illness will have on people (right now, and going forward in time) and mitigating against them if necessary (e.g. annual vaccinations for the more vulnerable like we do with flu etc). Part of that has to be knowing the symptoms surely?
Couldn't agree more with this. There is a very clear agenda on the part of some individuals to downplay and ignore Covid as much as possible, and it is quite surreal to read. I don't have flu or cold symptoms, I have something different, and it's driving me nuts. I know how to deal with colds, I know how to deal with the flu, but I've never been in a situation where my ultra-strong medicine is failing to shift a migraine.