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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by gadders on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @05:39AM (#23078170)
Anecdata, but two people in my office had really persistent coughs in February, lasting multiple weeks, not days. I wonder if that was the Rona. One of the people that had it thinks it might have been.
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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by koheripbal on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @07:23AM (#23078791)
Statistically speaking, it's still more likely that they had something else.
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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by gadders on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @09:54AM (#23080021)
No doubt. But that applies to anyone who has cold or flu like symptoms.
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Re:SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late Decemb... by SideburnsOfDoom on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @06:36AM (#23078488)
> persistent coughs in February,

That is more possible, both because of timing and symptoms. It's not certain (or even most likely) to be COVID-19, but is worth checking out.

Given things like this:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52385558

if someone _died_ on 6 Feb, they were infected in mid-late January.

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