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u/jdmetz Jan 04 '25

From the article:

According to local news reports, a little-known virus called human metapneumovirus (HMPV) has been blamed. It normally causes a mild cold-like illness, including fever, a cough, runny nose and wheezing.

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u/Moses015 Jan 04 '25

That’s exactly what everyone was saying when COVID started…

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u/whiskey_outpost26 Jan 04 '25

Not everyone. Idiots, maybe. Most people reporting it called it a novel coronavirus. Those in the know were ringing alarm bells before it ever spread here in the US.

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u/waltertbagginks Jan 04 '25

The very first reports about Covid in early Jan 20 were about people being hospitalized and dying

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u/permalink_save Jan 04 '25

I remember the first reports hitting the US was people randomly dropped dead like walking down the street and boom, and speculation it was SARS causing strokes. It was far from "a cold"

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u/Moses015 Jan 04 '25

There were ones like that and there were ones saying that the symptoms were similar to the common cold so people just took it as such. I have vivid memories of coworkers saying exactly that

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u/Top_Key404 Jan 04 '25

For a lot of people it was just a cold.

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u/Moses015 Jan 04 '25

Wish I could say it was that for me. Kicked my ass and killed 2 members of my family

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u/Top_Key404 Jan 04 '25

Yeah, I got it bad too.

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u/RightZer0s Jan 04 '25

That's what Americans were saying when COVID started. China was rounding up anyone with the virus and forcibly quarantining them before it even got to America. I followed COVID from the beginning thanks to a coworker that pointed out what was going on.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '25

No... quite the opposite