The virus started in China in November or December. We didn't shut off flights from China until January 31. The virus was spread by people.
The Chinese data are bogus. No one believes they are valid. The real numbers are probably exponentially worse.
The CCP lies. During the Chinese New Year period of about 3 weeks, the people who moved into industrial cities like Wuhan for work go back to their homes, often rural areas, to celebrate with family. It seems likely to me that Chinese people are infected and dying at a higher rate - just happening outside the sight of the media and cameras... in the farmland and rural parts where healthcare is unavailable and the reporting and testing is sketchy at best.
And we know that at some point China tried to lock Wuhan down to internal China travel but let people fly out of Wuhan into other countries! Totally irresponsible. The bridge crossing from Wuhan to the adjacent province across the river was closed by the police, which eventually led to a riot between the two police forces when the Wuhanese tried to re-open the bridge the other province had to deploy forces to keep them out.
How come we all believe that the Chinese are lying to us about this virus and the infected totals? Obviously, because they always lie. Conversely, how come we believe everything the msm and the Democrats tell us about this virus? Obviously, because they always tell us the truth?
Plus they have over a billion people there.
Their govt is probably HAPPY to get rid of a couple million, especially if they are old or chronically ill.
I thought that the first Planet of the Apes remake, with Andy Serkis as Caesar, had a good last scene that showed how the "virus" spread.
The researcher's neighbor was an airline pilot, he had gotten the virus when someone from the lab, visiting the researcher, sneezed on him. They then show him going to work, at the airport. His nose begins to bleed and a droplet hits the floor. Someone walks in the blood, they begin the spread, as the pilot flies a plane into Europe. They then start a contagion map on how the virus spreads from there.
Easily understood and simple and deadly.