China’s government has dismissed findings from a Harvard Medical School study about the new coronavirus. The study suggests the virus may have begun spreading as early as last August in Wuhan, China. A spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry called the study ridiculous, at a news briefing Tuesday. The study used satellite imagery of hospital parking lots in Wuhan and data from internet search engines on physical conditions like cough and diarrhea. The study’s writers said the increased hospital traffic and internet search data in Wuhan came before the documented start of the coronavirus outbreak in December 2019.