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Occam's razor says she had the flu and not Covid-19. Influenza isn't one thing and the flu can have severe symptoms. Swine flu is also still going around. My w
by brianpan 6y ago
Occam's razor says she had the flu and not Covid-19.
Influenza isn't one thing and the flu can have severe symptoms. Swine flu is also still going around. My wife's coworker (large tech company in the Bay Area) was positive for swine flu around March.
- nradov 6y agoPerhaps, but I've had the flu several times myself and seen many cases in others. This sure didn't look like a flu. I should add that in this particular case the patient's doctor diagnosed her with Covid-19 on a video call based on symptoms. And the patient had a current flu immunization (I know the flu shot isn't completely effective but even when it doesn't exactly match the viral strain it usually mitigates the symptoms).
- Marsymars 6y ago> Occam's razor says she had the flu and not Covid-19. And, in most places, test positivity rates. For months in my area covid-19 tests were only available for people with symptoms matching covid-19 - and those people were still testing 95%+ negative for covid-19.