I would not call a news outlet picking up on a story "coordinated". Beside that, on one hand I agree that two cases are just two cases. On the other hand it see

I would not call a news outlet picking up on a story "coordinated". Beside that, on one hand I agree that two cases are just two cases. On the other hand it seems to be more likely to find two cases if there is actually an underlying pattern than if they were happening by pure chance alone.