"Keep in mind that it was being observed just how deadly this virus could be by the fact that people such as the doctor who tried to warn the Chinese government about the virus died from it himself."
The doctor (eye doctor) who died, are you sure he died was one person. Being a doctor does not prevent someone from dying of a disease, especially in a country where hygiene is an afterthought. Maybe he had underlying conditions. Maybe he actually had pneumonia.
it is kind of interesting if you look at the data we currently have. of the 20,000 or so people in NY who are listed as dying of C-19 5000+ of these deaths listed COVID-19 as the cause of death, but there was no lab test performed. basically 25% of the people reported to have died of C-19 did not have a laboratory test performed.