ELI5, why do viruses and bacteria have many of the same symptoms when they infect a human?

Question

Soar throat, sniffles, sneezes, coughing, vomiting, diarrhea- any combination of these could be covid, flu, common cold, adenovirus, astrovitus, strep, etc

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Answer 1

All of the above are the body using various methods to expel or combat the virus. They’re similar for many viruses because those are the tools our body has to fight viral infections (though obviously it’s not all the tools)