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Coronavirus Was Spreading In U.S. In December: Study
19FortyFive ^ | 12/4/2020 | Ethen Kim Lieser

Posted on 12/04/2020 4:32:43 AM PST by Onthebrink

The novel coronavirus was circulating undetected in the United States for weeks in December—about a full month before the first confirmed case in the country, according to a new study that has been published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.

The eye-opening research arrived at its conclusion after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found evidence of coronavirus antibodies in blood collected in December 2019. The samples had been gathered originally to test for exposure to mosquito-borne illnesses like the West Nile virus.

After analyzing blood donations collected by the American Red Cross from individuals in nine states between December 13 and January 17, the researchers were eventually able to see that antibodies were present in 106 out of 7,389 samples.

The first coronavirus-positive patient was diagnosed on January 20 in Washington state, according to the CDC.

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

(Excerpt) Read more at 19fortyfive.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: china; coronavirus; covid19; health

1 posted on 12/04/2020 4:32:43 AM PST by Onthebrink
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To: Onthebrink

Figured. I had several students out sick with a “really bad flu” back in late October, early November in Los Angeles.


2 posted on 12/04/2020 4:41:36 AM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: Onthebrink

Is it real science or is it setting the stage for a new narrative that is about to be rolled out. Who knows.


3 posted on 12/04/2020 4:42:53 AM PST by BusterDog
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To: Onthebrink

I stopped wearing a mask. I now wear a sock on my head. I figure it gives the same protection.


4 posted on 12/04/2020 4:45:17 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: Onthebrink

Most likely this virus was spreading since September 2019. The Wuhan lab went into lockdown early October when they noticed there was a problem.


5 posted on 12/04/2020 4:49:29 AM PST by Crucial ( )
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To: A_perfect_lady
Figured. I had several students out sick with a “really bad flu” back in late October, early November in Los Angeles.

I remember reading articles from at least one LA newspaper that the flu season "arrived early" there and was particularly nasty. Then I read in January/February that there was speculation it was the China Virus, which was then mysteriously quickly quashed in the news.

Now it turns out -- it was the China Virus. Well, it had to be. There's something along the lines of 10,000-20,000 Chinese that arrive in California between LAX and SF daily. It would make sense they brought the damn' virus with them early on.

6 posted on 12/04/2020 4:50:13 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Onthebrink
Who cares?
I am out and about every day, never put on a mask, and I am an old geezer in the most vulnerable age group, and I am still as strong and healthy as ever.
Enough with this coronavirus nonsense already.
I am far more likely to die from old age (like any living human when they get old), than from some disease which is far less dangerous than heart disease, diabetes, TB, etc etc.
7 posted on 12/04/2020 4:54:18 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: BusterDog

New narrative. Probably sars-1 antibodies.


8 posted on 12/04/2020 4:54:43 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: usconservative

Just in time to spread widely before the election. What a coinkydink.


9 posted on 12/04/2020 4:56:56 AM PST by RealVirginia
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To: RealVirginia
Chinese collusion with the deep state and the 'rat party.

Imagine the 24/7 spew coming from the MSM if it were a dem president...

10 posted on 12/04/2020 5:01:16 AM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: Onthebrink

Both my wife and I had a severe cough, brief fevers, and lingering lung and breathing issues for over a month starting in November and lasting to Christmas last year. It felt like it would never go away. My gut says I have had it already, but I don’t have any proof.


11 posted on 12/04/2020 5:09:59 AM PST by MTsumi
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To: Onthebrink

I have insomnia, listen to Coast to Coast, it’s very good radio. I remember hearing in, maybe, April a show where they talked about doctors all over the country talking about a thing they were calling ‘NTF’ or not the flu. I think my husband had NTF in late December. Boy, have we been played.


12 posted on 12/04/2020 5:30:07 AM PST by Pigsley (Ca)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
I stopped wearing a mask. I now wear a sock on my head. I figure it gives the same protection.

Try a compression sock.
13 posted on 12/04/2020 6:07:21 AM PST by Old Yeller (Release the Kraken..)
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To: Onthebrink

I would challenge them to test blood samples from previous years, going 20 years back. I’m not convinced this is “ novel.”


14 posted on 12/04/2020 6:52:21 AM PST by OldCountryBoy (You can't make this stuff up!)
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To: Onthebrink

A west coast friend of mine was on a cruise to Mexico in December. He said there were many Chinese on the ship, with many who were sick with Covid symptoms. This was long before tests were available.


15 posted on 12/04/2020 9:14:47 AM PST by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: Onthebrink

Sex and parties won’t stop vaccine only cure.


16 posted on 12/04/2020 9:45:31 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: usconservative

Yep. They quashed it because if it was here that early, no way could Trump have known about it and no way could he be blamed for it. It’s vital to their interest that he be blamed for it.


17 posted on 12/04/2020 10:50:01 AM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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