Barcelona turds say yes it has been. If this is accurate, the whole libtard narrative that everything would be different if Trump reacted sooner in March of 2020 is completely destroyed. After a cursory review, it looks as though that study is most likely accurate. They examined a waste water from March of 2019 and it tested positive. However, this is obviously a preprint. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.13.20129627v1.full.pdf Most COVID-19 cases show mild influenza-like symptoms (14) and it has been suggested that some uncharacterized influenza cases may have masked COVID-19 cases in the 2019-2020 season (11). This possibility prompted us to analyze some archival WWTP samples from January 2018 to December 2019 (Figure 2). All samples came out to be negative for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 genomes with the exception of March 12, 2019, in which both IP2 and IP4 target assays were positive. This striking finding indicates circulation of the virus in Barcelona long before the report of any COVID-19 case worldwide. Barcelona is a business and commerce hub, as well as a popular venue for massive events, gathering visitors from many parts of the world. It is nevertheless likely that similar situations may have occurred in several other parts of the world, with circulation of unnoticed COVID-19 cases in the community.
So Trump had a full year huh? That doesn't help Trump's case. Also, there goes the KungFlu narrative.
I’m open minded to the Covid-19 timeline being earlier than originally thought because in Mid-December 2019 I had the weirdest flu symptoms of my life that included a fever, a short refractory period, and a respiratory phase. I never had a flu or cold that had a refractory period. The cough lasted a while, but fairly mild symptoms for me whether it was Covid-19 or not. No loss of taste, smell, or appetite, however. My younger girlfriend had flu like symptoms about the same time I did and she knocked it off in 2 or 3 days.
I know a girl that caught something back in November. She said they tested for the flu (can they do that?).... but she was very very sick, and they never figured it out. I told her it was Lymes, albeit tick season was over. But it sure acted like it was.
It didn't start in Wuhan, and it has been overblown. We know this. This year shall be telling, when apparently they will now be FORCED to test for both Flu and COVID. Let's see how many people actually get the flu and are asymptomatic.