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Coronavirus hit the U.S. long before we knew

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An older person we knew in Florida died of a fast moving acute pneumonia on 12/24/2019. Their symptom progression almost exactly matched the severest COVID-19 symptom progression that began being described in February and March. I remember hearing that one of their doctors said it might be a new foreign virus since none of the normal treatments were working.

I think the coronavirus narrative [0] is falsifiable, if only an effort would be made. My alternate timeline holds the virus was probably widespread in Wuhan by October 2019, had spread worldwide by November/December 2019, and it was too late to do anything by January 2020.

The widespread exposure of a significant percentage of the population to this virus would mean there's no need to wait for a vaccine. SARSv2 will certainly burn out, just like SARSv1.

I met someone in Northern Arizona who said her symptoms of COVID-19 started on December 7th, soon after her friends returned from China. She had lots of bloody mucus, and said her doctors didn't know what to make of her. She eventually tested positive for COVID-19, and was better by March.

I've since talked to a lots of other workers in retail. Many report waves of illness among their coworkers in January 2020. I seem to recall being off my game for a few days in December 2019 or January 2020...

The family practice doctor... Dr. Zelenko... was entirely reasonable to treat his patients early with anti-inflammatory drugs, rather than waiting for them to deteriorate and need hospitalization.

Athletes competing in the Wuhan Military Games were getting sick [1][2], maybe there's still some blood samples stored somewhere.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_COVID-19_pande...

[1] https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3932712

[2] https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/olympic-athlete-fell-ill-...

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