The first clinical diagnosis was on 2 Dec, and the first confirmed case
was on 8 Dec. see Fig 2 on p6 of the WHO report:
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf
so it's possible. Who knows?
sounds rough though!
Greg
> This is primarily a 'personal self-interest' question, although it
> may be of some general interest - has anyone heard of any suggestion
> (or, even better, 'evidence') that there was any global spread of the
> Covid-19 virus before it became apparent that there was an outbreak
> of a novel virus infection in China?
>
> As I understand it, Covid-14 is believed to have originated, by
> 'species transfer' in a market in China in 'early December', the
> outbreak having been reported to the WHO o 31st December.
>
> Around mid-December I was stricken by an unpleasant and unusual
> illness which, if it happened today, I would imagine would be
> considered (on the basis of symptomatology) to be "very probably
> Covid-19 infection' ...
>
> ... the illness started fairly suddenly, with an intermittent, but
> never severe, sore throat (which subsequently 'came and went'). At
> no time during the illness did I have a runny nose, headaches or
> muscle aches/pains. One of the most striking, and worst, feature
> was a 'continuous' dry (totally non-productive) cough, severe
> ('uncontrollable') bouts of which would probably have qualified as
> 'difficult in breathing'; I often felt desperately as if I needed to
> 'cough something up', but never could. I certainly felt a bit short
> of breath whenever I exerted myself at all.
>
> For a week or more I felt as if I had a high temperature (and felt
> generally very groggy!), and taking paracetamol made me feel much
> better for an hour or two but, although my temperature was elevated
> throughout that period, it was rarely, if ever, above 38
> degrees. The one other very striking feature was very severe
> fatigue, which lasted at least a couple of weeks, during which period
> I could do little more that lie on a sofa feeling sorry for myself -
> and I did not feel much like eating, either. The entire disease
> lasted 2-3 weeks (I was only just starting to feel human again by
> Christmas). It was certainly a very unpleasant illness,and I don't
> really recall having ever experienced anything quite like it.
>
> All of that sounds very much like what is now being described as the
> clinical picture of Covid-19 infection, although I presume that it
> wasn't! ... although, nevertheless, if there were an antibody test
> available, I'd certainly like to know what it had to say about me!
>
> As for contacts, I don't generally come in contact with all that many
> people, certainly few strangers, but in the week prior to becoming
> unwell I had travelled to/around London on a couple of occasions
> (including train and tube travel). Mind you, my train travel to/from
> London is (was!) invariably in the company of many Chinese tourists,
> who seem to have developed such a love for the Bicester Village
> 'Shopping Collection' that there are now signs about it in Chinese at
> both Bicester and London Marylebone stations!
>
> Thoughts on a postcard!
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> John
>
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