The paper cites GISAID db as their datasource. I wonder if at present the db includes sufficient number of early samples prior to the mentioned Dec 8), given t

The paper cites GISAID db as their datasource. I wonder if at present the db includes sufficient number of early samples prior to the mentioned Dec 8), given the widely described massive efforts by official China to silence the early reports of the outbreak [0]? 0: https://www.businessinsider.com/china-information-crackdown-on-wuhan-coronavirus-2020-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/china-information-crackdown-...