It's getting real out here in Corona Country.

California, which is already declared a state of emergency, is currently dealing with yet

another cruise ship outbreak.

The University of Washington in Seattle announced today that it would be cancelling in-person

classes for the foreseeable future.

And President Trump just announced $8.3 billion in emergency aid to deal with COVID-19.

Safe to say, this thing is waxing, not waning in the United States.

But what about that tickle in the back of your throat, that mild fever, that dry cough

is that allergies, is that the flu, or, you know, on today's show, we want to help

explain how you know if you have this thing or how you'd go about finding out.

Caroline Chen has been reporting on COVID-19 testing for pro-publica, and she's going

to present how this whole situation could go.

Extra stress on could, because it could go a lot of different ways depending on your

doctor, your test, your state, all that.

Also, because it's stressful.

So let's say you woke up and you're not feeling so hot and you're thinking, oh no,

do I have the coronavirus?

So the first thing I would say is what symptoms do you have?

And I think a lot of people don't know actually what the presenting symptoms are of the coronavirus,

because a lot of people have just been hearing its flu-like.

So actually a good thing to know is that the first two presenting symptoms are fever and

dry cough, not the runny nose, or, you know, a wet mucusy cough.

...