The data showed an increase in hospital admissions of children due to diseases including bacterial infection, RSV, influenza and common cold viruses since October.

Leading scientists said the situation warranted close monitoring, but were not convinced the spike signalled the start of a new global outbreak.

[…]

The standard wording of the alert echoed the first-ever notice about what would become COVID-19, sent on December 30, 2019: “Undiagnosed pneumonia — China (Hubei).”

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  • IAmWaitingForARetcon@lemm.ee
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    Covid has forever tainted China in the eyes of the world in this aspect- few will ever believe them when they say that there’s no novel disease.

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          It was proven that transmission of swine flu to humans was possible in a study in Iowa in 2004. The same year that transmission to humans actually happened in the wild in China.

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      There is no novel disease.

      Its Covid. Covid is now endemic and newer mutations are targeting youth.

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        You were around when this happened. For gods sake it was all happening live in front of everyone a couple of years ago.

        It’s literally impossible for you to actually be this ignorant about it.

        I understand trolling, I get the propaganda hype, I get brain rot; but this, this is just plain ignorant.