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COVID-19 was already in the U.S. by December 2019, study says

  
Via:  Buzz of the Orient  •  4 years ago  •  3 comments

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COVID-19 was already in the U.S. by December 2019, study says
The CDC study indicated there were isolated infections in the western part of the U.S. in mid-December.

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COVID-19 was already in the U.S. by December 2019, study says

Testing has found Covid-19 infections in the U.S. in December 2019, according to a  study , providing further evidence indicating the coronavirus was spreading globally weeks before the first cases were reported in China.

The study published Monday identified 106 infections from 7,389 blood samples collected from donors in nine U.S. states between Dec. 13 and Jan. 17. The samples, collected by the American Red Cross, were sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing to detect if there were antibodies against the virus.

“The findings of this report suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infections may have been present in the U.S. in December 2019, earlier than previously recognized,” the paper said.

Reports of a mysterious pneumonia spreading in Wuhan, China, first emerged in late December 2019. After multiplying rapidly throughout the city in the following weeks, the disease spread across the globe, with the first U.S. case emerging on Jan. 19.

The revelations in the paper by researchers from the CDC reinforce the growing understanding that the coronavirus was silently circulating worldwide earlier than known, and could re-ignite debate over the origins of the pandemic.

It’s not the first evidence showing the virus could have existed or infected people outside China before 2020. A  patient in France  was found to have contracted the virus after being hospitalized with flu-like symptoms at the end of December, contradicting official statistics showing Covid-19 reached the country from people returning from Wuhan at the end of January.

The CDC study indicated there were isolated infections in the western part of the U.S. in mid-December. Antibodies were also found in early January in other states before the virus was known to have been introduced to those places.

The scientists indicated it’s unlikely that the antibodies developed to curb other coronaviruses, as 84 samples were found to have neutralizing activity specific to SARS-CoV-2.

They also noted it wasn’t possible to determine the magnitude of infections on a state or national level based on the samples, or whether the cases were locally transmitted or travel-related.


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Buzz of the Orient
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1  seeder  Buzz of the Orient    4 years ago

There really is no absolute proof WHERE it started.

 
 
 
Ronin2
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2  Ronin2    4 years ago

Spin, spin, spin. That is all that is left. It originated in China, period. 

From the study that was linked.

Background
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019, with subsequent worldwide spread. The first U.S. cases were identified in January 2020.

That is a fact, period. 

Conclusions
These findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 may have been introduced into the United States prior to January 19, 2020.

May have been, not was. 

So tell us all if this disease was already spreading world wide; how did Wuhan China become ground zero? How were the first identified cases in the US not until January 2020? How about the rest of the world domino that occurred after Wuhan? If the markers were present why didn't the world outbreak happen all at once?

Those should be simple questions to answer. This just didn't happen at random. The first cases in the US were traceable to people that had been in China. There was no patient 0 in the US; or the rest of the world- outside of Wuhan China.

Also, none of this excuses the CCP lying about the seriousness of Covid 19; or failing to take the proper precautions to stop it's spread into a worldwide pandemic.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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2.1  seeder  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Ronin2 @2    4 years ago

Thank you for YOUR opinion, but the fact that it was first IDENTIFIED in Wuhan is not proof that it STARTED in Wuhan.  I'll stick with my personal opinion that maybe it started in Wuhan and maybe it started elsewhere - nobody has been able to prove either possibility.

 
 

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