Thursday, September 17, 2020

The biggest mystery: what it will take to trace the coronavirus source

 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01541-z

 SARS-CoV-2 came from an animal but finding which one will be tricky, as will laying to rest speculation of a lab escape. 

 Since the pandemic began, the question of where the coronavirus came from has been one of the biggest puzzles. It almost certainly originated in bats, and a new study out this week — the most comprehensive analysis of coronaviruses in China — adds further weight to that theory.

But the lack of clarity around how the virus passed to people has meant that unsubstantiated theories — promoted by US President Donald Trump — that it escaped from a laboratory in China persist.

 By contrast, most researchers say the more likely explanation, given what is known so far about this virus and others like it, is that bats passed it to an intermediate animal, which then spread it to people.

 

9 comments :

  1. https://youtu.be/L8FZVBf4sNk

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  2. https://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message4523067/pg1

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  3. Chinese virologist gives different take
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8740093/Twitter-suspends-Chinese-virologist-claims-COVID-19-lab-made.html

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  4. you obviously didn't read the others posts

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  5. Its true origin matters not. That it started in China, that China allowed it to spread while lying about it, that China lied about how dangerous it was when they couldn't hide it anymore, that liberals took China's assurances until they couldn't hide it anymore, all that is what matters.

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  6. The other posts rely on lack of contrary evidence

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  7. What a short memory!
    You seem to forget Trump's expressions of gratitude for Chinese transparency and his current claims that China deliberately released the virus
    https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/15/trump-china-coronavirus-188736

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  8. I also remember the liberal condemnation of anyone who suggested travel bans on China or that China was responsible for this pandemic.

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