You're not alone, with there being "record mold levels" this week in the Milwaukee area, according to Gary Steven of the Allergy, Asthma and Sinus Center in Greenfield?

But with COVID-19 in the mix, how can you tell whether your symptoms are just fall allergies or the virus.

One of the biggest indicators that someone could be experiencing COVID-19 as opposed to allergies is fever, Steven said. .

If someone goes outside and "all of a sudden" experiences congestion and sneezing, but then those symptoms go away within few hours of being indoors or after a shower, that's a sign of allergies over COVID-19, Steven said. .

While the loss of sense of smell is not as consistent with the delta variant as it was with the original strain, Steven said, it could still be a helpful differentiating factor. .

If someone isn't terribly congested, but loses their sense of smell, it would not be due to allergies, he said. .

"People will tell you they lose their sense of smell with allergies, but that's because their nose is really congested," he said in a previous Journal Sentinel interview. .

With allergies, the loss of smell is a result of air being blocked from getting to the receptors for the sense of smell in the nose, he said. .

If you're on the fence, get tested for COVID-19, Steven said. .

When there are three consecutive days with a count above 10, the first of those days is the official start to a pollen season, Steven said

To alleviate bothersome allergy symptoms, Steven suggested an over-the-counter, non-drowsy allergy medication, which he previously told the Journal Sentinel "work much better, they last longer and they don't impair performance when operating machinery and stuff like that," Steven said in a previous Journal Sentinel interview. 

"It drives me nuts the amount of suffering people put up with before going to see the doctor," he said in a previous interview