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In reply to the discussion: The largest loss of life event ever in US history [View all]FakeNoose
(42,625 posts)Even here on DU some have been posting that they thought they might have had Covid even before the virus had been identified and named. Like late 2019, there was a weird dangerous "virus" going around that was more serious than flu and more like pneumonia. Especially people who traveled or took a cruise were reporting it.
I'm certain that Covid was here before the first cases were identified, and before the deaths were added to the totals. Also many of the early deaths that occurred in the elderly care/nursing homes were disguised as "something else" for whatever reason. This happened before we started hanging the blame on Chump, so the reason wasn't political. It was just that the people didn't know.
Unexplained deaths in late 2019 and early 2020 are suspect, and in retrospect they're more likely to be Covid-related. That's just my opinion and I'm not a medical professional.