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    Default Satellite images of packed Wuhan hospital suggests coronavirus outbreak earlier than

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    Satellite images of packed Wuhan hospitals suggest coronavirus outbreak began earlier than thought
    Ben Riley-Smith
    The TelegraphJune 8, 2020, 11:07 AM CDT
    ABC News/Harvard Medical School
    ABC News/Harvard Medical School
    Coronavirus may have broken out in the Chinese city of Wuhan much earlier than previously thought, according to a new US study looking at satellite imagery and internet searches.

    The Harvard Medical School research found that the number of cars parked at major Wuhan hospitals at points last autumn was much higher than the preceding year.

    It also found that searches from the Wuhan region for information on “cough” and “diarrhea”, known Covid-19 symptoms, on the Chinese search engine Baidu spiked around the same time.

    It has led researchers to suggest that the outbreak began much earlier than December 31, the date the Chinese government notified the World Health Organisation of the outbreak.

    The findings add weight to US calls for Beijing to cooperate with investigators attempting to understand the origins of a virus which has now claimed more than 400,000 lives worldwide.


    The research was led by Dr John Brownstein, a Harvard Medical professor, and included researchers from Boston University and Boston Children’s Hospital.

    It looked at satellite imagery of Wuhan from 2019 and compared it to shots taken in 2018. The technique is similar to that used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

    Researchers obtained close to 350 images captured by private satellites. Around a third were usable because they had no smog, tall buildings or clouds in the way.

    Related: Wuhan Locals Fear Virus Testing Could Rekindle Disease

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    They counted the number of cars parked at Wuhan hospitals at points in the autumn of 2019 and compared them with images taken around the same time in 2018.

    Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University had 506 cars parked one day in October 2018 but 640 cars parked one day in October 2019.

    At Wuhan Tongji Medical University the number almost doubled, from 112 cars one day in October 2018 to 214 cars one day in September 2019.

    The number of cars at one hospital, Tongji, was almost double in 2019 compared to a similar period the year before - ABC News

    Similar was seen at Wuhan Tianyou Hospital. One day in October 2018 there were 171 cars parked at the hospital. Around a year later the number of cars was 285.

    In an attempt to find another data source the team also looked at searches on Baidu, a Chinese search engine, from the Wuhan region.

    They found last year searches for “cough” and also “diarrhea” - a symptom believed to be more common with Covid-19 than the flu - spiked last autumn.

    Search trends in Wuhan, according to the study - ABC News
    Search trends in Wuhan, according to the study - ABC News
    Researchers accept the evidence is circumstantial but believe it adds weight to suggestions an outbreak happened in Wuhan earlier than thought.

    “Something was happening in October,” Dr Brownstein told ABC News. “Clearly, there was some level of social disruption taking place well before what was previously identified as the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic.”

    Dr Brownstein argued that the number of cars parked at a hospital was an indication of how busy the hospital was at that point in time.

    Therefore a car park considerably busier than the year before - sometimes twice as full according to the research - suggests illness in the area could be spiking.

    “Something was happening in October,” Dr Brownstein told ABC News. “Clearly, there was some level of social disruption taking place well before what was previously identified as the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic.”
    There is evidence here in USA that it was present here much earlier than is the stated time by authorities.--Tyr
    18 U.S. Code § 2381-Treason Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

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    Yeah, here in CA, i talked to people who had something bad last summer / fall. Probably either Covid-19 or something very similar.

    Hey, it's the flu, and it can be quite serious, but there's no 5% death rate, and 2.5 million Americans ain't gonna die from it.

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