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		Aachen on Oct 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fine, I'll run a regression analysis but it won't ... > The outbreak in northern China started in May 1977 Coincidence? Do they have a climate conducive to these sorts of viruses combined with a large enough population to make it likely they get infected first or is this my selection bias in noticing when it says "started in China" versus any other country?

philjohn on Oct 1, 2023 | [–]

Large population that lives very close to natural reservoirs for viruses.

Spillover is a great book to read about zoonotic diseases.

pvg on Oct 1, 2023 | [–]

It would be odd vs any other country if any other country contained a quarter of the world population in 1977.

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