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I had almost the exact same experience in late Jan [edit: 2020], along with most of my coworkers. I did keep wondering if I had Covid so I got tested, but with

I had almost the exact same experience in late Jan [edit: 2020], along with most of my coworkers. I did keep wondering if I had Covid so I got tested, but with a negative result. The main piece of evidence that speaks against the Covid theory is any kind of mortality deviation, which didn't occur until later half of March. Anecdotally, over time I heard many other locales, workspaces and schools experienced a similar "weird cold." It may not have been Covid but there was certainly a very widespread, and very unusual cold in the winter of 2019-2020.

ssully 5y ago
You had the same experience in late Jan of 2020 or 2021?
- foobarian 5y ago
  Edited-in the year, apologies. It was Jan 2020.
  - ssully 5y ago
    Ahh thank you! I am guessing you are outside of the USA. Our testing pipeline was basically a shit show until the end of March 2020 [1]. The first CDC kits (The only tests authorized) didn't start shipping out until the start of Feb, and they were later determined to be faulty! [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/18/timeline-coronavirus-testing/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/18/tim...
    - foobarian 5y ago
      No, not at all - I am in MA. Note I did not get tested immediately, I merely wondered about those winter colds so many of us experienced until the testing became more available. Then around June I got an antibody test at an urgent care clinic to put the question to rest. Mind you the test could have still been faulty, but the mortality data ultimately does not show any anomalies in that time frame and that's a lot harder to explain under the hypothesis that it was C19.
satonakamoto 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_United_States_flu_season https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_United_State... says "The unusually abrupt decline in cases by April 2020 was attributed to the effects of widespread social distancing and lockdowns aimed at COVID-19" Is there any possibility that the cases are counted in COVID-19 after April 2020 ?

ssully 5y ago

You had the same experience in late Jan of 2020 or 2021?

foobarian 5y ago
Edited-in the year, apologies. It was Jan 2020.
- ssully 5y ago
  Ahh thank you! I am guessing you are outside of the USA. Our testing pipeline was basically a shit show until the end of March 2020 [1]. The first CDC kits (The only tests authorized) didn't start shipping out until the start of Feb, and they were later determined to be faulty! [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/18/timeline-coronavirus-testing/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/04/18/tim...
  - foobarian 5y ago
    No, not at all - I am in MA. Note I did not get tested immediately, I merely wondered about those winter colds so many of us experienced until the testing became more available. Then around June I got an antibody test at an urgent care clinic to put the question to rest. Mind you the test could have still been faulty, but the mortality data ultimately does not show any anomalies in that time frame and that's a lot harder to explain under the hypothesis that it was C19.

satonakamoto 5y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_United_States_flu_season https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_United_State... says "The unusually abrupt decline in cases by April 2020 was attributed to the effects of widespread social distancing and lockdowns aimed at COVID-19" Is there any possibility that the cases are counted in COVID-19 after April 2020 ?