Yeah even very early on, checking Icon’s original thread from Dec 31 2019, seemed obvious to me there was human to human transmission before January.
Novel coronavirus cases reignite SARS fears - the epidemic mess foretold?
Here’s an article from Dec 31, 2019 which mentions SARS and SARS-like many times which we know is spread human to human, why would anyone have assumed anything less of the new pneumonia?..