Through analyzing medical records, researchers detected an unexpected increase in patients seeking treatment for respiratory illness beginning the week of December 22, and continuing through to the end of February, which they believe may be a sign that Covid-19 arrived earlier than previously thought.
The number of outpatients seeking care for coughs at UCLA clinics over that span increased by over 50%, exceeding the average annual number of visits for this complaint from the past five years by over 1,000
No masks for months and no one healthy died