Holy frickin crap I had what I thought was definitely whooping cough in November. Tested negative and thought well there is definitely going to be a new diseas

Holy frickin crap I had what I thought was definitely whooping cough in November. Tested negative and thought well there is definitely going to be a new disease surfacing. Skip ahead and covid 19 happens. I thought, this is definitely what I had. However, the faux whooping cough lasted months and the cough was very characteristic, cough so hard you struggle to breathe back in. It doesn't chime perfectly with covid-19, I've yet to hear of a cough lasting more than 2 weeks. But what was this mysterious "whooping cough"