This is important. Until now the first US #COVID19 death was thought to be Feb 29th, Seattle WA https://t.co/ziFslDHShl
But now autopsy (and @CDCgov) confirmation of 2 deaths in California Feb 6 and 17th.
>3 weeks earlier than previously known. https://t.co/9hRGJp0QZg

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) April 22, 2020