Hear this one out, for anyone who's ever had the whooping cough they know that cough, one of the worst months of anyone's life, but I remembered reading that covid had some similarities to the whooping cough because they both affect the lungs. So this guy I speak to on a regular basis who lives in Arizona older guy mid 60's, he had to go see the doctor on a Monday due to tremors he was having, didn't talk to him again until the Thursday, but when talking to him every minute roughly he would cough pretty deeply, he never does this when we normally talk, but the cough he had reminded me of when me and my family had the whooping cough. I said this to him because I read there was some similarities, of course he didn't want to hear that, but wasn't ready to accept he may have contracted covid, he just thought he had a bug because it's colder now. Basically 5 days passed again and didn't see or talk to him, I ended up getting a message from his son who informed me his dad was in the Hospital with covid, he had covid and his mother had covid, they all got it. Just talked to my guy yesterday, he finally is back home after being in the hospital for a week but his voice sounds so rough still, but just glad he made it through.
So if you've ever had the whooping cough it's definitely not that common anymore, but if you've ever had it and you hear someone coughing and it sounds a little similar to that cough if you remember the cough, then I suggest you stay far away from them or tell them to go get checked asap, good chance they have covid.