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I'm pretty sure I caught it 2 weeks before Christmas 2019. I don't get sick often, I'm healthy with no underlying conditions, and when I've caught the flu in th

by wyclif 6y ago

I'm pretty sure I caught it 2 weeks before Christmas 2019. I don't get sick often, I'm healthy with no underlying conditions, and when I've caught the flu in the past I've always bounced back fast. Not this time. In addition to the other awful symptoms you mention, I agree that the worst thing is the cough. It would seemingly just not go away. Painful, congestive coughing fits for 2 weeks. I basically couldn't do anything during that time except stay in bed and tough it out. Fortunately, I'd already been WFH for a few years and didn't feel well enough to leave the house during that time, so I was self-isolating without realising what was going on.

Trasmatta 6y ago
Where do you live, and have you had an antibody test? I've heard so many people who've said they had it back in December, but I'm really doubtful. All the ones I've known who've had an antibody test have come back negative. I had a flu back in October that matched the COVID symptoms almost exactly, but obviously wasn't it. It was still probably the most sick I've ever been, though. I think there's going to be very few people in most countries who actually had it pre February / March.
- wyclif 6y ago
  I'm in the Philippines. I haven't had an antibody test, and I haven't been sick since then. To clarify, I have no real evidence that I had COVID-19. It could have just been a bad case of the flu.
autokad 6y ago
I feel like half of the west coast caught something like that in December. I had visited some Chinese friends in San Francisco for thanksgiving and came back early December and ended up knocked flat for the month of December with a cough / fever / shortness of breath deal. After I recovered, a person I see in the elevator said he got this really bad sickness after visiting people in San Francisco that was the same as mine and I was like me too!

by wyclif 6y ago

Trasmatta 6y ago

Where do you live, and have you had an antibody test? I've heard so many people who've said they had it back in December, but I'm really doubtful. All the ones I've known who've had an antibody test have come back negative. I had a flu back in October that matched the COVID symptoms almost exactly, but obviously wasn't it. It was still probably the most sick I've ever been, though. I think there's going to be very few people in most countries who actually had it pre February / March.

wyclif 6y ago
I'm in the Philippines. I haven't had an antibody test, and I haven't been sick since then. To clarify, I have no real evidence that I had COVID-19. It could have just been a bad case of the flu.

autokad 6y ago

I feel like half of the west coast caught something like that in December. I had visited some Chinese friends in San Francisco for thanksgiving and came back early December and ended up knocked flat for the month of December with a cough / fever / shortness of breath deal. After I recovered, a person I see in the elevator said he got this really bad sickness after visiting people in San Francisco that was the same as mine and I was like me too!