So how does it start? What are the first symptoms?

[TheLowry]

Sitting here with an aching throat - the way it feels before a sore throat really kicks in. No temp. No cough. Is this the beginning, or just a normal cold?

I don't know Lowry but I think I have CV and mine started with a sore throat and runny nose (thought it was a cold), then developed fever and chills (day 2), then later headaches (day 3 ish), then fatigue and then cough. I'm on around day 5/6 now, and cough going strong otherwise not feeling too bad.

Do I have CV...? Who knows! Only the very ill are getting tested.

Thurs last week had a sudden onset of head cold symptoms, aching neck, ears, and very sore throat. Sat the sore throat and cold symptoms had gone, replaced in the eve with a dry cough, sun night feverish, Mon freezing cold, shivering. Highest my temp went was 37.5. Headache today and the cough is still there. My asthma has been bad. Still no temp. I don't know if this is a cold or cv, if I stay like this I won't get tested.