The cases which caused doctors to suspect an outbreak of SARS-like disease had a tie to the wet market, but it turned out those weren't actually the first cases

The cases which caused doctors to suspect an outbreak of SARS-like disease had a tie to the wet market, but it turned out those weren't actually the first cases. Also, the fact that SARS was caused by a wet market means that Chinese doctors are going to be a lot more suspicious of SARS-like symptoms in workers at one than they are in general. Basically, the evidence suggests that the apparent ties to the wet market might be an illusion created by the fact that the health system was looking more closely for disease outbreaks there. Something similar happened in Italy. The case which tipped them off to the fact that they had a major outbreak was someone that was only tested because they'd had contact with a person who'd travelled to China recently, but the general consensus is that was a red herring and the outbreak there originated in Germany.