A post from a U.S. pediatric emergency medicine physician revealing he tested positive for novel coronavirus antibodies has stirred up wide discussions on Twitter in the last two days. The positive antibody test result suggests he had the novel coronavirus months before he even realized. Dr Peter Antevy, who works for a hospital in South Florida, wrote on his Twitter account, saying he had developed a severe flu-like illness in the first week of January and almost went to seek help. "I got very sick, no sleep for 2 days," he posted. "Had no idea about what it was." Antevy checked his COVID-19 antibody status on April 3, and the results came back positive, indicating that he had a past infection.

A screenshot of U.S. pediatric emergency medicine physician Dr. Peter Antevy's Twitter post on April 3 about his positive COVID-19 antibody test. A screenshot of U.S. pediatric emergency medicine physician Dr. Peter Antevy's Twitter post on April 3 about his positive COVID-19 antibody test.

Comments in Antevy's post revealed similar situations around the country. Hundreds of users replied to his post, claiming horrible symptoms they had developed in the past several months before the first COVID-19 patient was identified on January 21. People are now questioning whether the virus was widespread before everyone knew about it and wondering how many people have had it already.

A screenshot of comments on Peter Antevy's Twitter account after he revealed testing positive on April 3. A screenshot of comments on Peter Antevy's Twitter account after he revealed testing positive on April 3.