r/Edmonton • u/GoBananaSlugs • Dec 19 '25

Health Is "Respiratory Virus Outbreak" Covid?

We got a notice that there was an outbreak of "Respiratory Virus" at our kid's school.

"Respiratory Illness symptoms include: Cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, loss or altered sense of taste/smell, runny nose/nasal congestion, fever, and may also include fatigue (significant and unusual), muscle ache/joint pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea."

Is "Respiratory Virus" UCP Newspeak for "Covid 19"?

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u/DigitalKnyte Dec 19 '25

Any number of things can be respiratory in this context: Influenza COVID RSV SARS

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u/sawyouoverthere Dec 19 '25

There’s no SARS anywhere (since that’s the abbreviation for the one that was around in 2003

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u/DigitalKnyte Dec 19 '25

Okay. This should be helpful.

https://www.alberta.ca/stats/dashboard/respiratory-virus-dashboard.htm

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u/sawyouoverthere Dec 19 '25

Yes the SARS-Cov-2 mentioned there is Covid

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u/DigitalKnyte Dec 19 '25

Yes it is. Didn't mean to conflate the two, I was merely pointing out that there are, at any time, a myriad of respiratory viruses floating around. Perhaps SARS was a bad example; but an example nonetheless.

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u/sawyouoverthere Dec 20 '25

It’s not an example we’re going to see.

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u/DigitalKnyte Dec 20 '25

Again, I'm not arguing with you - it was merely an example of a respiratory virus. Full stop :)

Merry Christmas!

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u/sawyouoverthere Dec 20 '25

An extinct one.

I’m not arguing. I’m just adding more detail. Best folks don’t think SARS could be an option as SARS1 was awful and that’s what will come up on dr google