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The chances are really low that it was covid. A lot of colds go around and many last a long time. Millions of Americans had a cold in December 2019. A handful
by rhino369 5y ago
The chances are really low that it was covid. A lot of colds go around and many last a long time. Millions of Americans had a cold in December 2019. A handful likely had COVID-19. You are probably in the former camp.
- AmVess 5y agoThere was a nasty flu going around that winter. I got it in October/November and it very nearly hospitalized me. I was down for two solid weeks. It was too early for C19, but it was brutal nonetheless.
- rhino369 5y agoMy sister got it and had to skip Christmas. Tested positive for influenza.
- ceejayoz 5y agoYeah, my son got pneumonia in late 2019. Tested negative for previous COVID exposure over the summer of 2020; we certainly wondered prior to that.
- babyshake 5y agoI got a bad flu in early December 2019. Fever, vomiting, cramping. It does indeed seem like colds and flus have gotten considerably more nasty in the last decade.
- asdff 5y agoYou are also a decade older with a less robust immune system. That's why these statements are hard to qualify, too many latent variables.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago> There was a nasty flu going around that winter. Yes, it was a bad flu season, with possibly more than one of the bad cold or flu in the winter of 2019-2020. I was ill 3 times in the last 3 months of 2019. On the last one I went to a doctor who basically said "there's a lot of it about". Also, the last cold that I had, was in February 2020.
- grawprog 5y agoI agree, that's why I've never really considered it was covid. It was just coincidental timing and strange symptoms. It wouldn't be my first 'weird cold'. I haven't even really thought about it much until I seen the comment thread here. Seeing other people's stories reminded me of it. It was just more of an anecdote to add than anything.