Quote Originally Posted by Jack Lambert View Post
I think this has been among us since December. So all the expected days are off. Obviously just my opinion.
I tend to agree with you. I just don't think the Chinese discover this spreading through Wuhan in November and it didn't show up on American soil until January. Not with the way the world is connected. The Chinese first reported in December but they were tracking and denying this long before December 31.

The Washington State senior center and the cruise line were just two of MANY entry points into the US. This virus had been in NYC a hot minute before the hospitals started getting flooded. It took hold in communities weeks before and spread from the travelers and to the vulnerable, non-travelers and general public silently during a time when the public wasn't even aware of what Covid-19 was...because China was still denying it. The influx was slow enough that it didn't raise alarms until NYC medical facilities were suddenly inundated. The screening procedures in December and January were basically non-existent in the US for travelers coming from abroad.