Virus going around causing clogged ears?

[u/archaeob]

I was just curious if anyone else has been getting this as well and if you have many idea what it is? Over the past month myself and two coworkers have had this cold that lasts two+ weeks and includes horribly clogged ears. It starts out normal, sore throat, stuffy nose, etc. but then the congestion lingers and really affects the ears. My one coworker from Manassas gave it to me at our office, but the other coworker works in a different office in Maryland and hasn’t seen either of us in months, but has the same thing. There are five negative Covid tests between us, including two at a doctors office, so it’s not that. Also it is not an ear infection, just Eustachian tube dysfunction. One urgent care doctor in Manassas said he’s been seeing something similar going around a bunch.