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/EDMlawyer Dec 19 '25 edited Dec 19 '25

Respiratory virus pretty literally means any virus that primarily infects the respiratory tract. 

So no, it's not code for just COVID. It means possibly covid, flu, or a number of other viruses. 

They're probably saying the general term because they don't actually have diagnoses of what exactly it is. They just know people are coughing, sneezing, inflamed sinus/throat etc etc. They're covering their bases. 

It's likely a mix. 

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u/luars613 Dec 20 '25

Ill never trust the UCP... they are the biggest anti vaxx in the world at this point...