Originally Posted By: Wayne Dengler
I had read an article yesterday written by a Marine Corps doctor who said that studies of this virus were conducted in the 70s!!

Last night at the diner,the owner showed me a list of viruses provided by the health department years ago. The corona virus was one of the viruses listed and this was years ago.


Well, "Coronavirus" actually describes a family of them. SARS outbreak of 2002-2003 was another one in the Coronavirus group.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus#Outbreaks_of_coronavirus-related_diseases

The bulk of the deaths listed so far are from the Wuhan area of China, where nearly everyone was already in respiratory distress due to the regional air pollution.
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Rob