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Not so. On 14 Jan, WHO was still saying it was not person-person transmissible. https://mobile.twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152 https://mobile.twitt
by tomohawk 6y ago
Not so.
On 14 Jan, WHO was still saying it was not person-person transmissible.
https://mobile.twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152 https://mobile.twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152
Chinese authorities knew about the disease at least by 6 Dec.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30183-5/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
And were punishing doctors for talking about it on 3 Jan, probably later, too.
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/the-2019-coronavirus-virus-lands-in-the-u-s-after-killing-17-and-taking-eight-to-prison/ https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2020/the-2019-coronavi...
- iso1210 6y agoSigh. The WHO said that China had found no clear evidence of human-human transmission but based on similar diseases it's certainly possible and health care systems should be prepared. That is a responsible scientific response. Your link says "By Jan 2, 2020, 41 admitted hospital patients had been identified as having laboratory-confirmed 2019-nCoV infection" 4 days after the first cases were identified. Clearly there would be unidentified cases before that. Hindsight is very powerful.