trailA spatial statistical test does not validly establish non-random clustering of early COVID-19 cases around the Huanan Market
Early COVID-19 cases cluster spatially around the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market
December 2019 COVID-19 cases were geographically concentrated near the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market
COVID-19 cases with no direct link to the Huanan market also clustered spatially around the market
Ascertainment bias undermines the clustering inference· for
Early COVID-19 case ascertainment was biased toward cases linked to the Huanan market
Early Wuhan COVID-19 case definitions required or emphasized an epidemiological link to the Huanan Seafood Market
A peer-reviewed report documented a COVID-19 case with symptom onset on December 1, 2019 and no epidemiological link to the Huanan Seafood Market
The clustering test's null hypothesis is misspecified· for
The population-density null hypothesis used in the Huanan market spatial clustering test is statistically inappropriate
The population-density null model assumes early cases are distributed proportional to residential population, ignoring contagious spread
Worobey et al.'s early-case clustering around the Huanan market persists under a social-media-mobility null instead of a population-density null
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A spatial statistical test does not validly establish non-random clustering of early COVID-19 cases around the Huanan Market
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