Hanson brought it up in reference to Andrew Cuomo referring to the virus as the “European virus” last month. He was claiming that the New York infections came from Italy which he claimed had claimed the virus had mutated from the original Wuhan virus. Since New York had more contacts with Europe, he was claiming most of their infections came from there. I don’t know if there’s any truth to any of it. It’s the first I had heard it mentioned. I’ll see if I can find the VDH interview. Here’s an article reporting on Cuomo calling it the European virus.
https://www.rt.com/usa/488400-governor-cuomo-european-virus/
Yes, I know they claim the first patients in NY came from Europe (Italy?) and Iran.
I never really saw how this is relevant because it obviously came to Italy and Iran from China. Northern Italy has a huge population of workers from Hubei Province (i.e., Wuhan). Iran is also very much in the Chinese sphere of operations.
Sooooo ... I do not claim to KNOW ... and I DO LIKE Victor Davis Hanson ... but this still smells to me like Chinese disinformation.