Originally Posted by pondering_it_all
Maybe the food sanitation in Wuhan makes diarrhea so common they didn't consider a symptom? Maybe it's a cultural taboo to mention it?

The food sanitation in Wuhan?

The pics I've seen of Wuhan make it look like a major, modern city. One never knows, though, in terms of differences between the shiny downtown and poorer areas, but I'd be surprised if such a developed-looking city had issues with widespread diarrhea to the point of masking the symptoms of a new infection.

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Please take COVID-19 seriously; don't panic but don't deny it; practice social distancing (stay 6ft from people); wash your hands a lot, don't touch your face, don't gather with too many people, so that you help us contain it.