Where Was Covid?

I keep looking for stealth Covid in NYC before lockdowns, to no avail.

There’s oodles of talk about whether SARS-CoV-2 was leaked from a lab or a was product of nature. As provocative as that line of inquiry is, I’m more interested in a related question: When did SARS-CoV-2 begin to circulate in the U.S.?

I’ve looked for possible answers in mortality data - especially for New York City,¹ the epicenter of America’s mass-cau…