There is some speculation that the virus was spreading in October. Reports that the “patient zero” was a US military bicyclist (Maatje Benassi) seem to be wrong, but there are other instances related to the “military world games” held in Wuhan last October.
https://medium.com/@justin_hart/has-cornavirus-been-here-all-along-13b414a3bea6
Article discusses a spike in Washington state in Oct-Nov. Maybe people were returning from Military World Games returned to CONUS through McChord AFB?
RE: but there are other instances related to the “military world games” held in Wuhan last October.
https://medium.com/@justin_hart/has-cornavirus-been-here-all-along-13b414a3bea6
That rumor has been repeated ad nauseum at the WeChat forums, aided and abetted by the Chinese Communist Party and repeated by their official in the foreign ministry, Zhao Lijian.
The question is this -— China, with all her ability to do surveillance on her citizens with cameras, computers linked everywhere, has so far, FAILED to identify the names of the 5 military athletes she alleges were infected and brought the virus to Wuhan.
Since they are participant in the games, it would be a simple matter to identify their names, the sports they competed in, the dorm they stayed in, their ranks and the branch of the military they belonged to.
NO INFORMATION ON THESE SO FAR DESPITE REQUESTS TO PROVIDE THEM.
Maybe you can do better. Do you have such information ?
Pretty sure I had it starting in the late Nov early Dec time frame.