The South China [Huanan] Seafood Wholesale Market was reported to have been closed for renovation [English], yet the Lancet paper states the market was shut down by the local health authorities!
China CDC report “22% of patients had direct exposure to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market before illness onset” of “viral pneumonia of unknown etiology (VPUE)”. Lancet study suggest 66% of initial 41 cases had direct exposure to market. [1]