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> there are suspect cases in Europe already at the beginning of December, of people that had never been in Wuhan. If this is true, then it's not a given that C
by em500 5y ago
> there are suspect cases in Europe already at the beginning of December, of people that had never been in Wuhan.
If this is true, then it's not a given that COVID-19 even originated in China.
- carlmr 5y agoIt's not a given, but it's also not a given that it originated in Europe or anywhere else for that matter. Plane travel makes it possible for a virus to be anywhere in the world on the same day.
- drran 5y agoTwo patients with SARS-CoV-2 in France[0] on November 16, one in China[1] on November 17, and the whole epidemic in Russia[2] on November 19. This new study of scanners identified two cases of suspected coronavirus, on November 16 and 17 [0]: https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/maladie/coronavirus/coronavirus-un-premier-cas-de-covid-19-remontant-au-2-decembre-confirme-en-alsace_3952985.html https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sante/maladie/coronavirus/corona... China’s first confirmed Covid-19 case traced back to November 17 [1]: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074991/coronavirus-chinas-first-confirmed-covid-19-case-traced-back https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3074991/coro... The outbreak of pneumonia was recorded in the Orenburg region (Turn on captions, then select Captions -> Automatic translation -> English) [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMh11FtfaP0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMh11FtfaP0
- mensetmanusman 5y agoThe not-China origin idea is fringe at the moment.