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My uncle missed Thanksgiving 2019 because he was in an Arkansas hospital for "untreatable viral pneumonia" and the various complications that came with it. Shit was fucking everywhere already by then.
There is zero proof that was covid.
There is proof it was not.
Don't spread stupid.
What is the proof that thurstyark's uncle did not have COVID?
Odds. The odds say he didn't
That's not proof, that's statistics.
You're saying the horse with 2 to 1 odds is guaranteed to win. Every once in a while the horse with 5 to 1 wins with a dead rider on its back. They're odds for a reason.
Stats provide probability.
Is it possible that this dudes uncle had covid in 2019 in America? Sure, just like it's POSSIBLE... but not likely.
Again, everyone who had a random ass flu/cold/bug in 2019/2020 almost inevitably thinks they had covid. Look at all the anecdotal evidence provided in this thread alone... but as far as I know we have zero proof of that occurring.
Possible but not likely is not proof that it didn't happen.