Coronavirus is 'wiping people out' right now, says GP - but what do you think?

As many people exchange stories of coming down with coughs, colds, and Covid-like illnesses, the Manchester Evening News wants to know what you think.

A new Covid variant is sweeping around the globe and is expected to become the most dominant. One Greater Manchester GP has explained to the M.E.N. about the differences to some of the milder effects of previous variants.

That includes some major coronavirus symptoms which ‘seem to be really wiping people out’, that are different to some of the milder effects of previous variants. But we want to hear what's on the minds of our readers.

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Some researchers have said that ‘XEC appears to have a growth advantage and is spreading faster than other circulating variants, suggesting it will become the dominant variant globally in the next few months’. Bolton GP, Dr Helen Wall, says she has observed that more recent coronavirus cases appear more flu-like in nature in comparison to past variants. Lately, Covid seems to have been exhausting people so they’re ‘wiped out’.

It comes as GPs are seeing a rise in illnesses as the new XEC coronavirus variant spreads. “We’re seeing an increase in respiratory infections, you see that every time the weather changes, and there’s always a rise when the children go back to school,” Dr Wall explained earlier this week to the M.E.N.

“But whether that’s Covid is really difficult to say because a lot of the symptoms blur together with other illnesses that are prevalent at this time of year. Whether it’s Covid versus flu is hard to separate."

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But Dr Wall highlighted a key difference