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There are actually 2 virology institutions in Wuhan. WIV is fairly far from the neighborhood where things got going. Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prev
by btilly 5y ago
There are actually 2 virology institutions in Wuhan. WIV is fairly far from the neighborhood where things got going.
Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention is a 5 minute walk from the wet market. And went through the disruption of a move just before COVID broke out.
See https://nypost.com/2021/08/13/who-scientist-eyes-on-wuhan-lab-that-moved-before-pandemic/ https://nypost.com/2021/08/13/who-scientist-eyes-on-wuhan-la... for more.
- moralestapia 5y ago>WIV is fairly far from the neighborhood where things got going. Still closer than Southeast Asia, though.
- Gibbon1 5y agoFirst cases to show up in the Bay Area were in late Jan 2020. That's only 6 weeks after the Chinese figured out they had a problem on their hands.
- ravel-bar-foo 5y agoWIV, the seafood market, and the airport are all on the same subway line. The topology of disease spread in cities is only approximated by physical distance.
- btilly 5y agoThat I hadn't known. Thanks.
- jhgb 5y agoDoes it matter that they're on the same subway line? Do all people only travel on one subway line each and never change trains?
- dqv 5y agoYes it matters. >Do all people only travel on one subway line each and never change trains? It's not what all people do that matters when trying to find the origin of a highly contagious virus. It only takes one person going from point A to point B to cause a pandemic.