1/THREAD: IS YOUR CHEST BURNING?

Something is going on all over the world. It may or may not relate to #COVID19. It has to do with a BURNING SENSATION and TIGHTNESS of the Chest.

I've had it for 3 solid weeks. After I described it on my @MacroVoices podcast, people all over the
2/ world e-mailed and tweeted saying they were experiencing similar symptoms.

The exact symptoms varied, but there was a common thread: EVERYONE reported a heaviness or tightness of the chest accompanied by a persistent burning sensation under the sternum (chest bone).
3/ Now here's the really interesting part: 4 different MDs have reviewed my symptoms and their unanimous opinion is they all think I do NOT have #Covid19.

One person who wrote from Sweden was able to get tested for COVID. NEGATIVE!

So it now seems clear we do NOT have COVID19.
4/ But we have something, and this is all over the planet! I've received e-mails and tweets from USA, Australia, all over Europe, S. America--just about everywhere.

The COMMON THREAD is everyone says they have a BURNING SENSATION they never experienced before.
5/ Many but not all say it started with fever and a cough, but only for a few days. All the other symptoms went away but the heaviness of the chest and BURNING sensation lasted for weeks.

Some new fully recovered say the burning lasted 3-4 weeks. ALL said they never had this B4.
6/ So if it's really NOT COVID19, then what the hell is going on? Could there really be another globally spreading virus that is much less serious and is NOT #COVID19? Seems hard to believe!

Could #COVID19 have mutated into a less serious strain that doesn't test + for COVID19?
7/ I'm not a medical professional, but I don't need to be to tell you something really weird and probably very significant is going on here!

I seriously wonder if this is somehow indirectly related to #COVID19, which does NOT apprear to be the direct cause.
8/ Let's try and figure this out, Twitterverse. Please Ret-tweet or DM this entire thread to anyone you know who is feeling ill. Let's see if we can get to the bottom of WTF we all have.

It might not be COVID, but we all seems to have something very much unlike anything ever B4!
9/ Lots of people suggesting Stress, Anxiety, or some psychosomatic causality.

I appreciate you mean well, but I'm sure that's not it in my case. I have plenty of experience with stress and anxiety, but have very little in my life now. I'm certain that's not the cause in my case
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