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1) flu symptoms aren't the same as covid19 symptoms 2) most tests come back negative, despite generally being limited to people with symptoms 3) other coronavir

1) flu symptoms aren't the same as covid19 symptoms 2) most tests come back negative, despite generally being limited to people with symptoms 3) other coronaviruses have similar symptoms. It's really very unlikely that any of you had covid 19 in Las Vegas in late December.

matwood 6y ago
> It's really very unlikely that any of you had covid 19 in Las Vegas in late December. I think this needs to be repeated more often. Everyone who had a sniffle in the last 6 months thinks they had COVID-19. There are always a lot of different diseases going around in the winter.
- tapland 6y ago
  That's why they don't think they had it, but are wondering if they could have. You are reading things into other peoples statements and dismissing them because of your own mistake.
- Kiro 6y ago
  Yeah, but a lot of people have had covid-19 so there's nothing strange in wondering that.
kevinpet 6y ago
Because it wasn't going around Las Vegas? Which we know because people haven't been tested for it? And so he shouldn't get tested to see if what he had was covid?
- matthewowen 6y ago
  No, he shouldn't. What would be the point? We don't even know if having had it grants future immunity. But beyond that, this trend I've seen of people thinking they had it because they had the sniffles is dangerous if it makes them think they're now somehow safe. If we learn that people who've had it have resistance then we should all get tested, capacity allowing. Having had a cold at some point is almost irrelevant, because it seems that most carriers are asymptomatic, and that most people with mild covid19-like symptoms don't actually have it. The predictive value really isn't that high.