COVID- 19 related dermatosis in November 2019. Could this case be Italy’s patient zero?
Originally published: January, 2021
Researchers from Italy analyzed skin biopsies of patients from Milan with dermatoses and positive PCR swabs for SARA-CoV-2 at different stages of the infection.
This paper is definitely worth a read. Patient zero, wherever he or she was/is located, is an essential piece of data in solving the origination of SARS-CoV-2. To know the origin of the virus, and even the how and why it spread from its place(s) of origin, is a crucial piece of information for epidemiologists. As I always say, more studies need to be conducted in this area of scientific research regarding COVID-19.
On January 15, the World Health Organization suggested: “We need to be careful about the use of the phrase patient zero. We may never find who patient zero was.”
Regardless of what the WHO claims, many people on social media, particularly Twitter, claim that “patient zero” is a bat-eating person from China (not my words, a quick search will generate evidence of this fact). They further state that China must be held responsible for lying to the world and covering up the severity of the outbreak. They also claim that China is publishing fraudulent COVID-19 data; they say China never tells the truth because they are a communist country. They say that the WHO is “in bed with China,” and covering up for China’s actions. Some people are even calling for reparations or a victim compensation fund from the Chinese government. It begs the question: Should the United States, Norway, Haiti, and/or the Congo be pressured to set up a worldwide victim compensation fund for the the novel retrovirus HIV and AIDS?
Note: I also recently read a paper claiming that SARS-CoV-2 was detected in waste water core samples gathered in Spain in 2019.
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