China Didn't Give Us the Coronavirus. Europe Did.

May 27, 2020 Topic: Health Blog Brand: Coronavirus Tags: HealthEconomyCoronavirusCOVID-19EuropeChina

China Didn't Give Us the Coronavirus. Europe Did.

Genetic research has now revealed that most of America's coronavirus cases originated in New York, and most of New York's cases were imported from western Europe. While all eyes were focused on China in February, it turned out that the virus was already circulating widely in New York by the end of the month. Trump's travel bans really did work to protect the United States from what he called the "China virus." They did little to stop the spread from Europe.

Salvatore Babones is an adjunct scholar at the Centre for Independent Studies and an associate professor at the University of Sydney.