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New genetic research points to Wuhan animal market as origin of COVID pandemic, study says
3 months ago

New genetic research points to Wuhan animal market as origin of COVID pandemic, study says

LA Times  

A convoy of vehicles carrying investigators from the World Health Organization enters the interior of the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, early in the COVID-19 pandemic. “This paper has more evidence that supports the animal origin through the Huanan market.” The analysis published Thursday was based on genetic data gleaned from hundreds of samples gathered in and around the …

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What does the science say about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic?
1 year, 9 months ago

What does the science say about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic?

NPR  

What does the science say about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic? Enlarge this image toggle caption Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images Since the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic began three years ago, its origin has been a topic of much scientific — and political — debate. Enlarge this image toggle caption Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images Noel …

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Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID’s animal origins
3 years ago

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID’s animal origins

Associated Press  

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery. “The lab-leak scenario gets a lot of attention, you know, on places like Twitter,” but “there’s no evidence that this virus was in a lab,” said University of Utah scientist Stephen Goldstein, who with 20 others wrote an article in the …

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Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on covid’s animal origins
3 years ago

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on covid’s animal origins

Live Mint  

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery. “The lab-leak scenario gets a lot of attention, you know, on places like Twitter,” but “there’s no evidence that this virus was in a lab,” said University of Utah scientist Stephen Goldstein, who with 20 others wrote an article in the …

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Fresh look at earliest COVID cases points to live-animal market as most likely source
3 years, 1 month ago

Fresh look at earliest COVID cases points to live-animal market as most likely source

LA Times  

The Wuhan Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market sits closed on Jan. 21, 2020. But Scripps Institution microbiologist Kristian Andersen, who has long argued that an animal spillover was more likely than a lab leak, lauded Worobey’s research for “uncovering several new key insights.” The collective evidence “clearly points to the Huanan Market as a very likely source of the origin of …

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Covid-19 origin: WHO expert says wildlife trade most likely pathway for coronavirus to arrive in Wuhan
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 origin: WHO expert says wildlife trade most likely pathway for coronavirus to arrive in Wuhan

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — The wildlife trade in China is the most likelypathway through which Covid-19 was able to spread from the original animal source, possibly bats, to humans, according to one of the authors of a long-awaited World Health Organization report on the origin of the virus. The report, expected to be released on Tuesday after repeated delays, will …

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The Covid-19 pandemic almost didn’t happen, a new genetic dating study shows
3 years, 9 months ago

The Covid-19 pandemic almost didn’t happen, a new genetic dating study shows

CNN  

CNN — The coronavirus pandemic almost didn’t happen, a new study shows. “Given that, it’s hard to reconcile these low levels of virus in China with claims of infections in Europe and the U.S. at the same time,” Wertheim said in a statement. “I am quite skeptical of claims of COVID-19 outside China at that time.” The study indicates the …

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