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by _86sk 1380 days ago
What I saw is that it started in SW Indonesia, in a jungle near the coast, in 2008. That was its first appearance:

  covid-19 origin's
i see this coronavirus first originated in South West India

And first jumped to human in coastal Bengkulu/West Sumatra in Indonesia

I'll try to get time on these events

end of 2008: origination in SW india near Mangalore

1Q2013: first jumps to humans in BGK/WSU indonesia after an animal outbreak on the coast in late 2012

first substantial human outbreak: Mid 2013 slightly inland from outbreak location.

but of course there's no political capital to be made by blaming these poor places ....

feel kind of sad to consider how much of the crazy blame game is actually driven by knowledge, desire for truth and competence, and how much of it is just driven by political competition....i guess the motivation doesn't matter...the result matters. the output is not about truth it's about politics and narrative ... so sad....