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The Beginning
Title (Dublin Core)
The Beginning
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Description (Dublin Core)
I think the most believable way is The outbreak began in Wuhan, China a city with a population of over 11 million. The virus is believed to have originated from a market where animals such as bats, snakes, rabbit and birds are illegally sold. Humans as well as animals both living and dead are put together in close contact in markets in often unhygienic conditions. As the coronavirus is known to be transferred from animals to humans, it is believed market stallholders, who came into contact with animals were the first people infected with the strain. A 61 year-old frequent shopper at the wet market was the first person to die from the virus.
In the public mind, the origin story of coronavirus seems well fixed: in late 2019 someone at the now world-famous Huanan seafood market in Wuhan was infected with a virus from an animal.
Date (Dublin Core)
January 11, 2021
Partner (Dublin Core)
Oaks Christian Middle School
Type (Dublin Core)
text story
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Public Health & Hospitals
English
Animals
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
bat
snake
rabbit
bird
illegal
market
China
infection
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
01/11/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
02/02/2021
03/22/2021
04/23/2021
05/12/2022
This item was submitted on January 11, 2021 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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