SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late December 2019

Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by matthewowen on Monday May 04, 2020 @08:20PM (#23074945)

1) flu symptoms aren't the same as covid19 symptoms 2) most tests come back negative, despite generally being limited to people with symptoms 3) other coronaviruses have similar symptoms.

It's really very unlikely that any of you had covid 19 in Las Vegas in late December.

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by matwood on Monday May 04, 2020 @08:47PM (#23075124)

> It's really very unlikely that any of you had covid 19 in Las Vegas in late December.

I think this needs to be repeated more often. Everyone who had a sniffle in the last 6 months thinks they had COVID-19. There are always a lot of different diseases going around in the winter.

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by tapland on Monday May 04, 2020 @09:43PM (#23075488)

That's why they don't think they had it, but are wondering if they could have. You are reading things into other peoples statements and dismissing them because of your own mistake.

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by Kiro on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:33AM (#23076832)

Yeah, but a lot of people have had covid-19 so there's nothing strange in wondering that.

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by kevinpet on Monday May 04, 2020 @09:30PM (#23075419)

Because it wasn't going around Las Vegas? Which we know because people haven't been tested for it? And so he shouldn't get tested to see if what he had was covid?

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by matthewowen on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:48PM (#23075885)

No, he shouldn't. What would be the point? We don't even know if having had it grants future immunity.

But beyond that, this trend I've seen of people thinking they had it because they had the sniffles is dangerous if it makes them think they're now somehow safe.

If we learn that people who've had it have resistance then we should all get tested, capacity allowing.

Having had a cold at some point is almost irrelevant, because it seems that most carriers are asymptomatic, and that most people with mild covid19-like symptoms don't actually have it. The predictive value really isn't that high.

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