An interesting paper from the Beijing team behind the DBatVir DB (a database that is still online, not like the WIV).
Not peer reviewed.
Cast doubt on the market origin, shows that Yunnan and Laos are good candidates for SARS-CoV-2 relatives.
researchsquare.com/article/rs-885…
Not peer reviewed.
Cast doubt on the market origin, shows that Yunnan and Laos are good candidates for SARS-CoV-2 relatives.
researchsquare.com/article/rs-885…
Very careful wording, taking into account possible under-sampling:
'indicating that SC2r-CoVs might not actively circulate among bats in China'
'indicating that SC2r-CoVs might not actively circulate among bats in China'
Pours some cold water on the pangolins origin story.
"However, whether these bat and pangolin species could serve as the direct natural reservoirs and intermediate hosts for SARS-CoV-2, respectively, remains unknown because of significant remaining genome differences"
"However, whether these bat and pangolin species could serve as the direct natural reservoirs and intermediate hosts for SARS-CoV-2, respectively, remains unknown because of significant remaining genome differences"
An interesting paper compatible with both zoonosis and research-related accident.
Would be nice for the WIV and Wuhan CDC to also tell us where they went sampling in 2019, and whether they found any interesting potential backbone.
Listening to silence and waiting for the DBs.
Would be nice for the WIV and Wuhan CDC to also tell us where they went sampling in 2019, and whether they found any interesting potential backbone.
Listening to silence and waiting for the DBs.
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