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The title says "sickened by Covid-19", but the text says "developed COVID-19-like illnesses in November 2019".
by rovolo 3y ago
The title says "sickened by Covid-19", but the text says "developed COVID-19-like illnesses in November 2019".
- mlyle 3y agoYes. We don't have swabs that we can perform PCR on. On the other hand, this report, if true: - Sickened about a month before COVID-19 was formally detected - In close proximity to where COVID-19 was formally detected - While doing research on gain of function in coronaviruses. This is strongly suggestive circumstantial evidence.
- whimsicalism 3y agoWould love to have the denominator.
- onethought 3y agoClose proximity is a bit of a stretch. This shows people catching colds in winter. The rest is speculation
- mlyle 3y ago> This shows people catching colds in winter. And hospitalized? That's a bit more uncommon than catching a cold.
- onethought 3y agoNo it isn’t.
- mort96 3y agoIt's much less impressive when you add: - with symptoms associated with common seasonal illness Not saying it wasn't COVID-19. Just saying that claiming it was is a bit of a stretch.
- mlyle 3y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36332373 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36332373
- letmevoteplease 3y agoThe symptoms reportedly included loss of smell and "ground glass opacities" in the lungs.[1] That's not necessarily COVID, either, but a few too many coincidences for me. [1] https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2021/08/23/josh-rogin-the-sick-researchers-from-the-wuhan-institute-of-virology-lost-their-sense-of-smell-n411008 https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2021/08/23/josh-rogin-the-sick-r...
- hahamrfunnyguy 3y agoI have a friend that has had COVID-19 at least one, and he swears he also got it in 2019 along with the friends he was hanging out with that weekend. There are probably lots of instances like this and we may never know for sure.
- richbell 3y ago> ..."developed COVID-19-like illnesses in November 2019". My partner and her siblings developed a COVID-19-like illness in November 2019. It was far worse than any flu they'd ever had and even put one of them, an otherwise healthy 30 year old, in the hospital for several weeks. I wouldn't be surprised if COVID-19 was spreading as early as October.