I think COVID hypochondria is a thing.
I have a sore throat right now — not even a bad sore throat, but the beginnings of one. It hasn’t gotten any worse from last night. I keep taking my temperature and it’s normal. But still I am swamped with a “what if” scenario. Not a worry, just a “what if”.
Is my sore throat getting worse? (No.) Am I running a fever? (No.) Have I lost my sense of smell? (NO!)
I however stay ever vigilant, because I will be malingering if I don’t go in to work, and I will be irresponsible if I go into work with COVID. Being an educator seems to be about making a series of choices, all of them wrong, at this point.
If you search for “covid hypochondria” on Google, you get a self-screening checklist. I guess I’m not the only one.
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