PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- As COVID cases ramp up at the same time as spring allergies, doctors say it's important to know the difference between the two because the symptoms are similar.
"I think it's like the weather changing. A lot of my friends are sick. It's pretty bad this year," said Alfonso Zamarra, a student at St. Joseph's University.
"I think I can tell if it's going to be allergies or COVID. I mean my allergies are like stuffy nose, runny nose, stuff like that," said Jamai Vann from Overbrook.
As trees bud and flowers bloom in the City of Brotherly Love, doctors say it may be easy to write off COVID symptoms as allergies, and it's something they're seeing.
"We've had patients who have come in saying to us 'I have allergy symptoms.' But based on their description of the symptoms, ...