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The coronavirus may have been in California before China announced outbreak, study suggests
San Francisco Chronicle / sfgate.com ^ | Sep. 12, 2020 Updated: Sep. 12, 2020 1:09 p.m. | Eric Ting , SFGATE

Posted on 09/12/2020 11:25:52 PM PDT by thecodont

The novel coronavirus may have been circulating in Southern California as early as December, suggests a new study from UCLA published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Medical Internet Research.

After analyzing electronic health records from UCLA Health hospitals and clinics, researchers found that beginning the week of December 22, hospitals began to report an abnormally high number of patients experiencing coughs and acute respiratory failure compared to previous years. For reference, the Chinese government first informed the World Health Organization of the novel illness on December 31.

"For many diseases, data from the outpatient setting can provide an early warning to emergency departments and hospital intensive care units of what is to come,” said Dr. Joann Elmore, the study’s lead author. “The majority of COVID-19 studies evaluate hospitalization data, but we also looked at the larger outpatient clinic setting, where most patients turn first for medical care when illness and symptoms arise.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; china; covid19; disease
See similar, a few months ago.

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3834474/posts

Research paper this most recent article references.

https://www.jmir.org/2020/9/e21562/

This one is also interesting:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7402643/

Learned a new term: "infodemiology"

1 posted on 09/12/2020 11:25:52 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont
Agenda? What agenda?


2 posted on 09/13/2020 12:00:36 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: thecodont

(For reference, the Chinese government first informed the World Health Organization of the novel illness on December 31.)

So? This means that the disease was in China months before and it wasn’t till December 31 that they told the WHO. This still means that it was in China first. The Chinese decided not to say anything until they completed negotiation of the trade deal with the United States. So now San Francisco “researchers” are trying to rewrite history and say that the disease originated in the United States! How much $ are they getting from China?


3 posted on 09/13/2020 12:05:15 AM PDT by winner3000
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To: thecodont

Makes sense, there’s a lot of Chinese and other Asian people who go back & forth to CA and it’s likely at least a few caught it in China & brought it to the East Coast.


4 posted on 09/13/2020 12:08:57 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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“brought it to the East Coast.”

It’s too late for me to get my dang coasts right!


5 posted on 09/13/2020 12:21:11 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: thecodont
The novel coronavirus may have been circulating in Southern California as early as December,

Actually, it may have been early November or late October.

6 posted on 09/13/2020 2:39:28 AM PDT by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: thecodont

Did it get welfare and free housing?


7 posted on 09/13/2020 2:51:41 AM PDT by dp0622 (I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABO UT THE COVID GODFATHER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
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To: LouieFisk

China got some of the BIO warfare Virus from Canada. Make no mistake California is TRASH.


8 posted on 09/13/2020 4:26:27 AM PDT by Lumper20 (Our Congress must be stripped of FERS and their AFGE union insurance)
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To: Lumper20

Same for the Orlando area in January...

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/health/fl-ne-flu-season-florida-20200108-smylr2hx5zhc7fnewajgajidfa-story.html


9 posted on 09/13/2020 6:09:32 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: thecodont

COVID was spreading from China fast well before CCP admitted there was an outbreak. Timeline: https://twitter.com/Neoavatara/status/1304049372536147971?s=20


10 posted on 09/13/2020 6:09:35 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Interesting how those so interested in workERS are so disinterested in workING.)
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To: thecodont

A hospital admin that I know said they were seeing people for flu-like symptoms that was not the flu starting in December.


11 posted on 09/13/2020 8:21:51 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: thecodont
I know someone who was infected in November 2019 who was in contact with someone who traveled to Wuhan, China and met this person on that person's return.

The person I know got very sick and I believe had heart troubles (like COVID-19 causes). Again this happened in November 2019

12 posted on 09/14/2020 11:52:29 AM PDT by topher
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To: Hojczyk

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/09/14/fleeing-virologist-chinese-coronavirus-made-wuhan-lab/

The USA did not have covid until China trashed us.


13 posted on 09/15/2020 8:50:38 PM PDT by Lumper20 (Our Congress must be stripped of FERS and their AFGE union insurance)
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To: Hojczyk

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/09/14/fleeing-virologist-chinese-coronavirus-made-wuhan-lab/

The USA did not have covid until China trashed us.


14 posted on 09/15/2020 8:51:00 PM PDT by Lumper20 (Our Congress must be stripped of FERS and their AFGE union insurance)
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