Quote Originally Posted by lardy View Post
Is it normal for a GP to say 'by the way, a few months ago you probably had X', having done no tests for it? Do they do that sort of thing?

If it's highly infectious, is it likely to have laid low for weeks and then suddenly exploded all around the world at roughly the same time?
Define normal these days.

Maybe it's the case it was present, GPs weren't looking for it at that point or considering it? After all, in mid Jan WHO advised it couldn't go person to person. Maybe what we're seeing now is a mutation rather than the original? Who knows?