my original comment was on the likelihood of this originating in a market versus a lab-based outbreak. of course most chinese do not eat bat. i didn't imply the

my original comment was on the likelihood of this originating in a market versus a lab-based outbreak. of course most chinese do not eat bat. i didn't imply they did. the comment you replied to was me dismissing the commenter's argument. but the wuhan market and its patrons do eat bats and other animals that could already be infected by bats. so it's not far fetched that the virus did indeed originate there vs a lab leak. the latter part of my comment was regarding the potential spread of disease. your comment addresses someone who already knows they are sick. the onset period of this virus is one to two weeks. that's a minimum of 14-21 meals before any symptoms show up, leaving plenty of time for person to person transmission. that plus the density of china's major cities and this particular time of year regarding travel yields a rather fertile ground for disease spread.