A recent Time article [1] is theorizing that the source may come from wet markets. It also theorized that the source of the SARS virus might have originated fr

A recent Time article [1] is theorizing that the source may come from wet markets. It also theorized that the source of the SARS virus might have originated from an infected cat. And Ebola may have originated from infected bat feces, that might have landed on a girl’s toy, which she then put into her mouth. And the MERS virus in the Middle East may have come from an infected camel. This appears to be a logical and scientific deduction. So for this Coronavirus, it appears to follow the same pattern. Infected animal feces mutated into some virus, that made the transmission to humans. My theory, is that perhaps an infected animal’s feces, may have mixed with other fluids, like blood, from freshly slaughtered animals, and mutated into something that infected a human with a weakened immune system (easy target), who then transmitted it to other healthy humans by contact. On one hand, it does seem that the best way to guarantee that you’re sourcing your meat from a fresh and healthy animal, is to pick the animal that you want, and to slaughter it on the spot. This means that the meat vendor does not have to maintain a refrigeration system, and you don’t introduce other chemicals or salts to preserve your meat. But the problem is that you have to keep the animals in captivity, and the meat vendor must handle, and clean all their urine and feces. And when animals get sick, their feces and urine gets infected, thus you increase the probability of an outbreak like this. What’s the solution? Maybe China must begin eliminating wet markets, and eliminate the practice of keeping live animals in captivity, in order to minimize the incubation, mutation, and the transmission of such viruses. And instead, to begin using a refrigeration system, to preserve slaughtered animals. [1] https://time.com/5770904/wuhan-coronavirus-wild-animals/ https://time.com/5770904/wuhan-coronavirus-wild-animals/