> if there was a virus responsible, wouldn't it have been found then? Viruses are hard to identify, but the CDC here suggests it was a rhinovirus (not related

> if there was a virus responsible, wouldn't it have been found then? Viruses are hard to identify, but the CDC here suggests it was a rhinovirus (not related to coronavirus): https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/health/outbreak-investigation-assisted-living-facility-springfield https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/health/outbreak-investigation-... If it was SARS-CoV-2, the CDC could confirm that now retroactively with stored blood samples. I suggest it was probably not. However, then, it does point to proto-pandemics happening as a regular occurrence. A fatal viral outbreak is contained within a care home rather than spreading - either by being slightly sub-exponential in the general population (R<=1), or perhaps just by pure luck.