COVID in US December 2019
12-01-2020, 08:20 AM
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COVID in US December 2019
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...re-china-cases
Uh oh. Blaming the Chinese isn’t aging well...
Uh oh. Blaming the Chinese isn’t aging well...
12-01-2020, 08:47 AM
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It may have started a month or two before it was noticed, but that doesn't mean it didn't start in Wuhan (it did).
We weren't looking for it until AFTER it blew up in Wuhan, and a tiny handful of people getting generic "flu-like symptoms" (or maybe no symptoms) wouldn't stand out. Even officials in Wuhan didn't believe it at first. It was likely circulating a bit earlier there as well.
We weren't looking for it until AFTER it blew up in Wuhan, and a tiny handful of people getting generic "flu-like symptoms" (or maybe no symptoms) wouldn't stand out. Even officials in Wuhan didn't believe it at first. It was likely circulating a bit earlier there as well.
12-01-2020, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
It may have started a month or two before it was noticed, but that doesn't mean it didn't start in Wuhan (it did).
We weren't looking for it until AFTER it blew up in Wuhan, and a tiny handful of people getting generic "flu-like symptoms" (or maybe no symptoms) wouldn't stand out. Even officials in Wuhan didn't believe it at first. It was likely circulating a bit earlier there as well.
We weren't looking for it until AFTER it blew up in Wuhan, and a tiny handful of people getting generic "flu-like symptoms" (or maybe no symptoms) wouldn't stand out. Even officials in Wuhan didn't believe it at first. It was likely circulating a bit earlier there as well.
12-01-2020, 09:44 AM
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Wouldn’t this mean the number people that actually have had it so far could be tens of millions more in the U.S. alone? 3 months of free spreading. Though, wouldn’t health professionals have noticed the increase in daily deaths? Also, it doesn’t matter anymore anyway. The damage is done. There’s no going back, we’ve all collectively committed to sheltering till the vaccine.
12-01-2020, 09:52 AM
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I dislike linking to Twitter, but here's a nearly 8 minute report on Jake Tapper's CNN show about leaked internal Chinese documents about the early days of the outbreak; there's a link in the tweet to a long CNN article.
https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/statu...39332330643456
https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/statu...39332330643456
12-01-2020, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by firefighterplt
So they’re sure of the location, unsure of the timeline?
But Wuhan sure looks like where it got traction, and spread out to the world. The precise timeline is unclear.
12-01-2020, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BoilerUP
I dislike linking to Twitter, but here's a nearly 8 minute report on Jake Tapper's CNN show about leaked internal Chinese documents about the early days of the outbreak; there's a link in the tweet to a long CNN article.
https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/statu...39332330643456
https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/statu...39332330643456
No surprise. I grossly underestimated the potential of this thing based on news out of China (and the fact that previous modern epidemic waves tend to break on our shores).
Lesson learned for next time.
12-01-2020, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Mesabah
Would be nice to have a full investigation of how it started, but it's not going to happen.
12-01-2020, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by BoilerUP
I dislike linking to Twitter, but here's a nearly 8 minute report on Jake Tapper's CNN show about leaked internal Chinese documents about the early days of the outbreak; there's a link in the tweet to a long CNN article.
https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/statu...39332330643456
https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/statu...39332330643456
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