Think You Know All the Likely Symptoms of COVID-19? Think Again

We’ve become accustomed to the fact that outcomes projections, testing methods, and information about mode of SARS-CoV-2 infection change regularly. Add symptoms to the list of moving targets regarding COVID-19, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added several new ones based on growing data. In addition to fever, cough and shortness of breath, the CDC now says urgent care providers and other clinicians need to be vigilant for chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, and new loss of taste or smell when considering whether a patient could have been infected. There is also anecdotal evidence that some patients experience diarrhea as an early (or even only) symptom. For now, at least, the CDC is sticking to their assertion that symptoms typically appear between 2 and 14 days after exposure.