[qqqwerty]

The timing was odd because of how severe the cough was. I have had plenty of colds through out my life, and this was by far the worst.

[asdff]

Another variable is that you are also older with a less robust immune system than when you've had colds in your youth. This is why anecdotes are always worthless. You need statistical power to overcome these latent variables that could be biasing your conclusions.

[ssully]

It's possible you had covid, but I think the odds are stronger that you just had a different respiratory illness that was going around at the time.