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Harriet Blair Rowan

Q&A: You’re feeling cruddy. Is it flu? COVID? Here’s why it matters

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- If you’re feeling really cruddy right now, join the crowd. Yes, you might have COVID. Yet again, this time it might be the flu — or just a really bad cold that is making the rounds.

Figuring out why you’re sick is a bit more complicated this fall amid myriad circulating viruses.

Flu season is off to an early start. And as we head toward a third winter of the COVID pandemic, experts say the trend that has emerged in the first two years is likely to continue: The weather gets colder, preparations for the holidays ramp up, and COVID cases will start to rise, too.

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