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    1. Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 1 Sep 2021

      Pinboard Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      Everybody kind of threw up their hands and said "we'll never know about Covid origins", and meanwhile @zeynep is plugging away on some very basic weirdness in the timeline. This issue could stand a little more sustained nuts-and-bolts reporting in lieu of think pieces and debate.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1433061643219574788 …

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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      Another confirmation. Folks, yes there were earlier *unknown* cases. This is different. This means that by mid-December, there are enough *known* to Chinese scientists cases that they were saying it's a *new disease* to other scientists. Where's this info? https://twitter.com/WhereIsYanLing/status/1432971332032073728 …
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Sep 2021
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      Lack of curiosity is amazing. Twitter is full of folks who are sure they knew about this by then (lol) and also people telling me there were earlier cases, but can't follow basic logic: *known* cases at the time is huge deal. But I'll lower my standards more on this. Only way.

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        1. Poi is in (and leaving) NYC 22 Jan to 8 Feb‏ @poiThePoi 1 Sep 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @Pinboard

          Were there cases in September/October? Almost certainly given exponential math. Were there enough cases that Chinese doctors were noticing spikes in hospitalizations and violating the Bamboo curtain to warn Western colleagues? That.... is a question.

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        1. Josh Centers‏ @jcenters 1 Sep 2021
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          I think a lot of people are scared to find out and what the implications could be.

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        1. BiotechObserver‏ @BiotechObserver 1 Sep 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @Pinboard

          Absolutely this was NOT known about yet at that time. December 30 was when it came onto the public's radar. cluster noticed. Dr Li Wenliang. A few days before maybe some wechat rumors/rumbling. Certainly I didn't know before that, and I knew then.

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