Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the prepandemic period in Italy
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Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the prepandemic period in Italy
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Re: Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the prepandemic period in Italy
#2Could it be the detection isn’t as specific as promised?
Re: Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the prepandemic period in Italy
#3Is this a serious, peer-reviewed journal? I'm not familiar with it.
Re: Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the prepandemic period in Italy
#4- The current timeline in Wuhan, China goes back to Sept. for corona.
- one of the early indicators is the parking lots of Wuhan hospitals being full in aerial fotos in Oct:
https://abcnews.go.com/International/satellite-data-suggests...
- Wuhan (and Shanghai) have international airports.
So it's either a possibility, or instrument contamination.
Re: Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the prepandemic period in Italy
#5Isn't this old news? There is a growing body of evidence that the virus was already spreading throughout Europe in winter 2019.
Here's a paper suggesting that
> SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late December 2019
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09248...
Re: Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the prepandemic period in Italy
#6Isn't this old news? There is a growing body of evidence that the virus was already spreading throughout Europe in winter 2019. Here's a paper suggesting that > SARS-CoV-2 was already spreading in France in late December 2019 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09248...
This was in September, not December.
Re: Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the prepandemic period in Italy
#7So you’re saying that this isn’t a “China Virus” after all?
Re: Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the prepandemic period in Italy
#8So you’re saying that this isn’t a “China Virus” after all?
no
Re: Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the prepandemic period in Italy
#9Re: Unexpected detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the prepandemic period in Italy
#10So you’re saying that this isn’t a “China Virus” after all?
No, just that it arrived much earlier than thought. Same as in San Francisco and France.