Coronavirus emerged in Italy earlier than thought, Italian study shows
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The new coronavirus was circulating in Italy since September 2019, a study by the National Cancer Institute (INT) of the Italian city of Milan shows, signaling that COVID-19 might have spread beyond China earlier than previously thought.

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  • BillyMays [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Multiple people have told me they thought they had it in December/January.

      • BillyMays [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Wouldn’t doubt it. How would they have known? There was no test for it. And then immediately when it showed up it killed thousands of people in nursing homes. Seems sus

    • 777 [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      i live in a east coast metropolitan city in the US: i remember being absurdly, ridiculously sick (pink eye, sinus problems, coughing, etc) early in January when I was supposed to be housesitting for a friend while they were traveling for a music fest in another east coast metropolitan city, and then later haring from people who went to this fest that people were getting absurdly ridiculously sick the whole weekend, which was attributed to a generic "fest plague".

      I ended up getting diagnosed with pink eye and didn't think much of it, but in retrospect...

    • anthm17 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I had horrible dry cough and body pain for a couple days and then coughing for weeks.