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.
Large heathen population in NYC, coming from holiday trips home ?
I just searched and came up with these articles. I hadn’t heard any of this before, and it could still all be Chinese info.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/fb0gyb/italys_virus_is_a_different_strain_from_wuhans/