> I think we'll eventually find out COVID-19 has been around way earlier in 2019 than we thought. Perhaps, but if it was, it was certainly happening at a signi

> I think we'll eventually find out COVID-19 has been around way earlier in 2019 than we thought. Perhaps, but if it was, it was certainly happening at a significantly low rate, although that's probably how they all get started given that's it's expotential. Since this has a higher fatality rate than traditional, common viruses I'd be most interested in the death rate of the population versus the normal average. Much like the NYTimes did for NYC[0], although much of data for 2019 seems to be absent unfortunately. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/10/upshot/coronavirus-deaths-new-york-city.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/10/upshot/corona...