Not really? Most covid cases are mild, and the symptoms cross over with those caused by a lot of other pathogens. For people who didn't get tested and have mild

Not really? Most covid cases are mild, and the symptoms cross over with those caused by a lot of other pathogens. For people who didn't get tested and have mild symptoms, there's no particular reason to assume they had covid, but given the fact that (especially earlier in the pandemic) they are constantly reading about it, people are probably predisposed to assume it's covid.