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Things are developing very fast, expect that distortions from the chinese wispers games that is modern media to be worse than ever.

I've seen report that the first case was in contact with a person that had been in China but showed not symptoms and even might have tested negative at some point. If they get re-tested and show positive now, or some of their possessions do, that solves the mystery.

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Dutch media reported yesterday that this person (who had been in China and had dinner with the 38 year old "patient 1") still tested negative on a second test, so the search for the real patient zero continued.

Didn't China changed how they were confirming cases to an MRI scan as people were still testing negative on tests 2-5 before testing positive.

Yes, but the problem with using that in this context is that an MRI scan can't fully distinguish COVID from other severe respiratory infections. It definitely won't work on someone who's asymptomatic.

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