MID-WEEK EDITION MIAMIOK.COM Have a great day! DOGS FINISH WINLESS, BUT Thanks for supporting your local paper! GARDNER REMAINS UPBEAT SPORTS, PAGE A10 6 54708 11050 1 MIAMI NEWS-RECORD Serving Miami and the surrounding communities since 1903. Tuesday, November 17, 2020 | Vol. 116 No. 92 | $1.00 Telling difference between flu, COVID not easy Jim Ellis Fever, cough and diar- plateaus by late February or washing, keep the immune
[email protected] rhea, are common between early March. system in top working the two, Osborn said. Officials from the Centers order by supporting it MIAMI — Trying to “Even though the flu vac- for Disease Control recom- with vitamin C and avoid distinguish between flu and cine is 50 to 60% effective, mend everyone 6 months of cramped indoor environ- the novel coronavirus is not it will limit the number of age and older should get a ments full of sick people. easy, according to Miami times we have to make that flu shot. Osborn is a firm believer physician Clark Osborn. decision about what they Prevention is the best that masks do make a dif- “There is only one symp- have,” Osborn said. “We medicine for both illnesses ference in preventing the tom that really is consistent have medications we can and the best way to protect spread of COVID-19. or telltale for the coronavi- treat the flu with, but we yourself and your loved “Cities where they have a rus is the abrupt loss of the have to start within 48 hours ones is to wear a mask, mask mandate, the rate of sense of taste or smell,” he for it to be effective.