If you have been obsessing over the origins of #SARSCoV2 -- including the "lab leak theory" -- you need to read this very important new paper:
zenodo.org/record/5075888…
It's written by scientists whose life work is figuring out where viruses come from.
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zenodo.org/record/5075888…
It's written by scientists whose life work is figuring out where viruses come from.
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2/ They conclude:
"there is a substantial body of scientific evidence supporting a zoonotic origin for
#SARSCoV2. While the possibility of a laboratory accident cannot be entirely dismissed...this conduit for emergence is highly unlikely relative to the
numerous..."
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"there is a substantial body of scientific evidence supporting a zoonotic origin for
#SARSCoV2. While the possibility of a laboratory accident cannot be entirely dismissed...this conduit for emergence is highly unlikely relative to the
numerous..."
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3/
"...& repeated human-animal contacts that occur routinely in the wildlife trade. Failure to investigate the zoonotic origin thru collaborative & carefully coordinated studies wld leave the world vulnerable to future #pandemics arising frm the same" animal/human interactions.
"...& repeated human-animal contacts that occur routinely in the wildlife trade. Failure to investigate the zoonotic origin thru collaborative & carefully coordinated studies wld leave the world vulnerable to future #pandemics arising frm the same" animal/human interactions.
4/ I tagged some of my photos shot in the market that SARS arose from in 2003 in Guangzhou, where I found 100s of caged species, handled cavalierly by barehanded, barefooted wildlife dealers. Here are a few more, shot by me.
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