Is it a Flu, a Cold, Allergies or COVID? 

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It starts with a scratch in your throat, which becomes a sneeze or a cough. The next moment, you're feeling cold all over, when everyone else is perfectly warm. You aren't sure what it is, but you just know you don't feel well. Trying to self diagnose on Google, and Tik Tok are tempting to solve it on your own, but this sometimes isn't specific enough to identify exactly what your body is experiencing. Is it a Flu? Is it a Cold? Is it Allergies? Or is it COVID? And most importantly, how do you get RID OF IT!! Let's make sense of this with Charlene Mapukata, Clinical Associate and Lecturer the WITS Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care.
26 May 2025 English South Africa Music · Comedy

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