Coincidence or....?

My DH had the most awful hacking cough in February which cleared just before lockdown, while I had days of sore throat. Just wondering.

My step-daughter caught what I'd had and isn't the same either, 6 months later.

My " lurgy " started late December and would you believe that I'm still " not as I was ?" It affected my legs---circulation.
I cut a piece out of the newspaper the other day about a professor who'd contracted the virus in March 19th and still feels unwell. His name is Paul Garner and he spoke of weird symptoms.

I also believe it has been around longer than officially reported.

A young healthy co-worker was travelling in Greece last fall and came down with a virus that landed her is hospital because she 'couldn't breathe'. She spent her whole holiday in either hospital or hotel in bed. She said she was fearful of dying; she was so ill.

She took months to fully recover. Her fiance did not get ill though, and it seems she did not pass along her illness to anyone here. Perhaps the contagious period passed while still in Greece.

I could be mistaken, but I think that it is now officially known, or at least very strongly suspected, that the virus was present here earlier than was first thought. I have read various articles /reports to that effect.

Interestingly, when I had the coronavirus test a few weeks ago (for the illness, not the antibodies) , the questionnaire that I had to fill in asked about symptoms that I had experienced since last November!

At Christmas, my DD was very poorly. She had a pounding head, a fever, a cough and difficulty breathing. She suffers with asthma and has two different inhalers. The inhalers didn't help with her breathing. SIL called 111 but they were unhelpful. They were frightened. In the end, SIL took her to hospital but they said it was 'probably flu'. Fortunately she eventually recovered and is convinced she had the virus.

Thank you. Thinking about it DD2 also said she lost her sense of smell. So much so that DGS leaked very smelly pooh (sorry) out of his nappy and she didn't realise until she felt it on her knee as she couldn't smell it!

Yes. Late December my husband was in bed for days with a high temperature and virus type illness. I took it - I never take viruses. My sister and her gs. also and a neighbour. We have all wondered.

In February my daughter had a high temperature and lost her sense of taste and smell. Sounds like Covid to me.
She has had an antibody test at the hospital where she works but the results aren't back yet.

I think it has been around longer than we think.

My OH died of pneumonia at the beginning of February. I do sometimes wonder if it was Covid.

Yes, my dil had pneumonia starting just before Christmas, she was very ill for some weeks and exhausted afterwards. My daughter had a cough again starting around Christmas and that has still not completely gone but she didn't feel ill for more than a few days. Rest of both families have been fine throughout! Another close friend also had pneumonia around Christmas, he is our generation and still not completely recovered. As you say, interesting coincidence!