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>>pseudo+(OP)
"with symptoms consistent with both COVID-19 and common seasonal illnesses"

So 3 staff had gotten sick that flu season. Staff who work with infectious diseases and probably get every cough and cold checked out just in case. Seems pretty baseline average to me.

>>humani+H2
Its not that three got sick, that would be unremarkable. But three got sick so seriously as to seek hospital treatment.

That would be unusual. Given the proximity to the covid19 outbreak, there's a high probability that's the first known cases of covid19 - if confirmed.

>>eloff+Fs1
Yeah this is bullshit.

People in China routinely go to hospitals for colds. It's cheap, and it makes you feel better, so why not.

Its already incredibly common for average Chinese people to go to a hospital for a cold, and I'd expect someone working in a virology lab would be even more likely to do so.

>>sudosy+tz1
You'd need to know how often that happens, how many people work in the lab, etc to make a good calculation of the probability.

Maybe you're right, let's see how it plays out.