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>On the flipside, when it reached Italy, Only for the record/FYI, there is growing evidence that the virus (cannot say which strain) was present in Italy month
by jaclaz 6y ago
>On the flipside, when it reached Italy,
Only for the record/FYI, there is growing evidence that the virus (cannot say which strain) was present in Italy months before, possibly since September 2019.
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-italy-timing-idUSKBN27W1J2 https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-italy-tim...
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/2/20-4632_article https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/2/20-4632_article
- khuey 6y ago"Some people had antibodies that react with SARS-CoV2 prior to January 2020" isn't great evidence that the virus itself was present prior to 2020. There's some amount of cross-reactivity between antibodies to other human coronaviruses and SARS-CoV2.
- jaclaz 6y agoBesides that finding, there is the other more recent article, about the actual RNA found.