I am convinced there have been Cov-19 cases in California as early as January, and cases treated as flu related pneumonia and flu related severe bronchitis while missing (not testing) that the patients had Cov-19. I personally know of three such cases in California that we suspect but even today those three have not been able to obtain Cov-19 tests. They’d have to get sick again and maybe then they’d get a test - if they had to go to hospital, but no assurance they’d get one otherwise. They are, all three, doing O.K. now, but still suspicious.
I’m hoping my husband and daughter already had it. Both of them were really sick in February. My daughter had pneumonia. Husband didn’t have pneumonia but lots of trouble breathing. Both went in antibiotics and hubby went on Prednisone.
We are in San Jose, so I think it could have been around.