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Ask HN: What date range did Covid arrive on US soil?
Is there a reliable source for when COVID was officially here in the US?
- slater 6y ago"A man who had returned from Wuhan was hospitalized for the virus in Washington state on January 21, 2020. He was released after two weeks of treatment. A few days later, another case was reported in Chicago, by a woman who had also just returned from Wuhan. A third case was confirmed a day later in Orange County, California." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States_(2020) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pande...
- boldpandabear 6y agook, then why does the US CDC website attribute the first COVID deaths in the United States as happening the week of January 4th 2020: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm