Pay attention to any lingering symptoms from that 'bad cold'
'As the weeks progress, it’s become evident that this is a virus that was widespread throughout our country, particularly in more populated areas, sooner than we thought,' says, an infectious disease specialist and professor at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
So, could you have had COVID-19 without realising it? It’s possible. 'Most people who have coronavirus have an uncomplicated case of infection, and it could be indistinguishable from the cold or influenza,' explains infectious disease expert, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Plus, some people have no symptoms at all—up to 40% of infections, according to estimates, are asymptomatic.
Unfortunately, there’s no way to know with 100% certainty if that illness you dealt with last winter was COVID-19 or if you happened to pick up an asymptomatic case at some time. But experts say some signs can be tip-offs that you might have had COVID-19 already. Here are the top ones to know, plus what it means for immunity.Early in the pandemic, people believed that COVID-19 didn’t start circulating until late February and March. Newfrom the University of Texas suggests otherwise.
The researchers discovered that for every two cases of the flu, there was one case of COVID-19. As a result, they believe COVID-19 likely arrived sometime around Christmas.
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