COVID patient zero? A Wuhan seafood vendor identified as earliest confirmed case, sparking debate among scientists

A new perspective on the origins of COVID has been released in a report that suggests the earliest known case of the disease occurred at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan. According to the report, the earliest confirmed case of COVID was a seafood vendor, whose illness started on December 11, 2019. Scientists have reacted to his report with praise and criticism. Dr Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Georgetown University Center for Global Health Science and Security who is focusing on SARS-CoV-2, said on [Twitter] of [author Michael] Worobey's analysis: "There's been a lot of hand waving and…