I had a bad fever Feb 1. Aches, chills, extreme fatigue where I was too weak to get out of bed, could barely walk. I had diarrhea as well which is uncommon with the flu, but in 50% of COVID cases. Runny nose, some coughing. All the signs of COVID. I was really scared at the time as I've never felt so sick in my life, I actually cried at one point as I thought something was seriously wrong.
I went to the doctor and got tested for every infectious disease and got a chest X-Ray and everything came back negative. All my dr said was he thought it was viral, and he asked if I had been to China which I hadn't. It didn't cross my mind that it could be COVID-19 but now I'm almost certain it was. My family member who took me to the doctor got sick the next day with the same symptoms and had a dry cough for weeks. We both think it was COVID-19.
wow. makes me think we probably had thousands of covid cases before most areas started keeping count.