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		redis_mlc on April 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Americans are underestimating how long disruptions... I agree this started in Nov., but dont have a source. Do you have a link? As I've written before, "a powerful flu like corona" was circulating in SE Asia already by Dec. 10. So the Dec. 31 WHO notification was pretty slow. I'm lukewarm on congratulating China since they were the epicenter for SARS-1 in 2002/2003, and various bird flus since. I wonder how many hospital staff Wuhan lost in Dec. 2019? Must have been dozens - did that make the press?

jlmorton on April 13, 2020 [–]

Here's a genetic analysis that was widely shared last month, which points to an index patient in late November around Wuhan: https://bedford.io/blog/ncov-cryptic-transmission/

Here's an article from Feb 11th in the SCMP which notes 500 health care workers in Wuhan were infected with the virus:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3050077/leas...

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