Tue Dec 1, 2020, 08:10 AM

Virus Has Been In U.S. for Nearly a Year

https://politicalwire.com/2020/12/01/virus-has-been-in-u-s-for-nearly-a-year/

Virus Has Been In U.S. for Nearly a Year
December 1, 2020 at 7:39 am EST By Taegan Goddard

“The new coronavirus infected people in the U.S. in mid-December 2019, a few weeks before it was officially identified in China and about a month earlier than public health authorities found the first U.S. case,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The findings significantly strengthen evidence suggesting the virus was spreading around the world well before public health authorities and researchers became aware, upending initial thinking about how early and quickly it emerged.”

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Virus Has Been In U.S. for Nearly a Year (Original post)	babylonsister	Dec 1	OP
I was sick Thanksgiving last year. Thought it was the flu but just different.	Lochloosa	Dec 1	#1
My wife's friend, we believe, contracted it in London in Jan, 2020	Roland99	Dec 1	#2
One of my husband's best friends	JustAnotherGen	Dec 1	#3
Worst flu in my life was last December.	denbot	Dec 1	#4
If you think you may have had it,	safeinOhio	Dec 1	#5
Exactly.	DURHAM D	Dec 1	#8
Blood On Trump's Hands	colsohlibgal	Dec 1	#6
Just imagine if that syphilitic, orange asshole hadn't dismantled the pandemic resonse team...	GoCubsGo	Dec 1	#7

Response to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Dec 1, 2020, 08:32 AM

Lochloosa (14,064 posts)

1. I was sick Thanksgiving last year. Thought it was the flu but just different.

Took me 3-4 weeks to get rid of the cough. Horrible headaches.

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Tue Dec 1, 2020, 08:36 AM

Roland99 (52,113 posts)

2. My wife's friend, we believe, contracted it in London in Jan, 2020

She felt under the weather the last couple of days of a trip there and a couple days after coming back home, she was in the hospital. Ended up there for about 3 weeks with severe respiratory issues.

She was very healthy. Always running 5Ks and 10Ks...weekly

She only just recently was able to complete a 5K but her times are much slower. She still has some remaining issues

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Tue Dec 1, 2020, 08:40 AM

JustAnotherGen (27,326 posts)

3. One of my husband's best friends

Was over from Europe, in NYC appearing in Slava's Snow Show. By mid-December he was desperately ill. Even when he the show ended and he came to stay with us for a bit - he was still really sick (mid January). Too sick to fly home.

Now if anyone has been to it (Slavas Snow Show) -

It is an international pull.
It was in NYC at Christmas Season (people from all over tourism).

The players get out in the audience.

He was desperately ill - it wasn't a typical flu.

I truly believe he had Covid.

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Tue Dec 1, 2020, 08:47 AM

denbot (8,863 posts)

4. Worst flu in my life was last December.

For the first time ever I had all the symptoms, including muscle aches which had never before occurred. The caveat was that I was only sick for 2-3 weeks, and was fine afterwards.

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Tue Dec 1, 2020, 08:47 AM

safeinOhio (22,330 posts)

5. If you think you may have had it,

get a blood test to see if you have immune cells to it. If so you can donate or sell your plasma, and you will know.

This is the DU member formerly known as safeinOhio.

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Response to safeinOhio (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 1, 2020, 10:25 AM

DURHAM D (29,834 posts)

8. Exactly.

You can get the test at any Kroger (or Kroger affiliated store) that has a pharmacy for $25.

Do what you can to help with the research.

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Tue Dec 1, 2020, 09:00 AM

colsohlibgal (4,608 posts)

6. Blood On Trump's Hands

It didn’t need to be this bad. If this had hit with a competent Administration we would not be where we are now. Trump disbanded the Epidemic Response Team that Obama had used. He wasted precious time calling it a “Democrat Hoax” saying it would soon dwindle down to nothing, etc.

I’d call it multiple remote murder.

I hope Trump rots in Prison.

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Tue Dec 1, 2020, 09:11 AM

GoCubsGo (26,019 posts)

7. Just imagine if that syphilitic, orange asshole hadn't dismantled the pandemic resonse team...

Or, pulled out our researchers from the Wuhan Lab...

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