Covid 19 was in Europe earlier than thought

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    There are Now two conclusive studies which showed Covid 19 had been circulating in Europe, long before it appeared out of Wuhan, China.

    The First One: Scientists say coronavirus traces have been found in Spanish wastewater samples collected on 12 March 2019 - months before the pandemic shook the world.

    https://www.sbs.com.au/news/scientists-find-coronavirus-in-spanish-wastewater-collected-in-march-2019

    Now this one from Italy: Coronavirus emerged in Italy earlier than thought, study shows

    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/15/coronavirus-emerged-in-italy-earlier-than-thought-study-shows.html

    This probably explains why they couldn't find Patient Zero in Wuhan, China.

    Looks like the version that came out of Wuhan was the mutated version from the original Covid 19 virus. So did it originate from Europe?

    Quote: “It means that the new coronavirus can circulate among the population for long and with a low rate of lethality not because it is disappearing but only to surge again,” he added.

    Final note: the behaviour of this virus is very similar to the "Swine Flu Virus", which was first detected by the US CDC in 2005, but did not become lethal and infectious until 2009 (after a few years of mutations).
 
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