Anecdata, but two people in my office had really persistent coughs in February, ...

koheripbal · on May 5, 2020

Statistically speaking, it's still more likely that they had something else.

gadders · on May 5, 2020

No doubt. But that applies to anyone who has cold or flu like symptoms.

SideburnsOfDoom · on May 5, 2020

> 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:

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