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Blue_true

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2. Mrs.Toad and one other person appear to have sounded the alarm first.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2020, 07:46 PM

May 2020

Those are the earliest posts that I remember, because at that time, I wasn't convinced that China was handling the outbreak properly (few medical facilities, turning people away, detaining people that tried to warn about a new disease).

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So.....who, what and when was the 1st post made on DU with reference to COVID-19?? [View all] OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 OP

I found this one: kentuck May 2020 #1

A couple people posted in January as the r0 for the virus Blue_true May 2020 #4

Mrs.Toad and one other person appear to have sounded the alarm first. Blue_true May 2020 #2

January 21: The Wuhan virus sweeping China has now killed 9 people and infected 440 PA Democrat May 2020 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Journeyman May 2020 #5

Currently my city of Evanston, Illinois waddirum May 2020 #7

Oldest in my history is January 22 . . . Journeyman May 2020 #6

Here is one from January 4. MoonlitKnight May 2020 #8

Jan 1 MoonlitKnight May 2020 #9

Those are dated Jan 15 and Jan 26 respectively muriel_volestrangler May 2020 #11

Thanks All! OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #10

And here is one from Jan. 21, reporting the first confirmed case in the U.S. pnwmom May 2020 #12