• WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.com
      11·
      1 month ago

      August 2019 was maybe when people who pay attention to international news were starting to hear about some concerning disease spreading across the ocean? Maybe not even that far into the epidemic.

      • Apytele@sh.itjust.works
        30·
        1 month ago

        I remember outbreaks in China being a December thing actually. It was all very fast, I remember joking to myself over Christmas break that “oh look I wonder how that will affect me graduating” and a few months later it started getting less funny (I did graduate on time though).

        • veroxii@aussie.zone
          8·
          1 month ago

          Yeah I remember being in Bali in December and reading about it. Then it hitting news in the west in January and I think by February or March dozens of people were dying in Italy with overflowing hospitals.

      • SkyeStarfall
        3·
        1 month ago

        Nah, as the other people mentioned, the first news were December

    • tobis@lemm.ee
      8·
      1 month ago

      I think it started as making fun of the twitter verified check mark being purchasable.

    • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      1 month ago

      Maybe it’s because of the follow button. But I don’t know, I don’t use tumblr