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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.

>>eloff+vQ1
I don't need to, I don't have the burden of proof. All I need to point out is that this is not out of the ordinary at all.

>>sudosy+902
I didn't say you need to.

But looking at the sibling comment, you'd have to be right about it being ordinary not for general citizens but for experts in infectious disease - which is unlikely. Those kinds of people don't seek treatment for a virus unless it's serious. They already know there is no treatment. I even know that and don't seek treatment, and I'm no expert.