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?
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.
