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It's much less impressive when you add:

- with symptoms associated with common seasonal illness

Not saying it wasn't COVID-19. Just saying that claiming it was is a bit of a stretch.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36332373

The symptoms reportedly included loss of smell and "ground glass opacities" in the lungs.[1] That's not necessarily COVID, either, but a few too many coincidences for me.

[1] https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2021/08/23/josh-rogin-the-sick-r...

Would love to have the denominator.

Close proximity is a bit of a stretch. This shows people catching colds in winter. The rest is speculation

> This shows people catching colds in winter.

And hospitalized? That's a bit more uncommon than catching a cold.

No it isn’t.