“Italian doctors say that even before Mattias case, they suspect the virus was circulating in Italy and that some patients who died of pneumonia last fall might have had coronavirus.”
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The words, first reported by America NPR, have been pushed to go viral by PRC China and AP as an evidence that the virus was not originated from China.
I was listening last night (AM radio) how the Chinese took over the Italian garment industry.
https://spectator.org/coronavirus-the-price-of-luxury/