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At least temporarily during the epidemic, the Chinese government has banned the raising and consumption of wild animals. However, it appears the ongoing trend

• internet_user 7y ago
  Only this outbreak had nothing to do with the market, the index case had no connection.
  • meowface 7y ago
    It was still likely caused by consumption (preparation) of a wild animal like a pangolin or bat.
    • tyjen 7y ago
      This is what I'm reading/hearing so far. After reviewing the DNA sequences available to date, experts determined the virus was unlikely to be a human created bioweapon, but instead a virus that jumped from a wild animal to humans. Supposedly the pangolin, but they haven't honed in exactly on which animal carried the original virus. [0]: https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2020/01/13/novel-coronavirus/ https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2020/01/13/novel-coron... [1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/sars-cov-2-seqs/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/sars-cov-2-seqs/
      • totalZero 7y ago
        I think your premise does not support your conclusion, because a bioweapon does not need to be engineered by humans. A zoonotic virus could have been isolated and stored.