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Serious coronaviruses have jumped into people like, twice in the last 20 years entirely naturally[0], and so many more people have contact with animals outside
by roywiggins 6y ago
Serious coronaviruses have jumped into people like, twice in the last 20 years entirely naturally[0], and so many more people have contact with animals outside of labs than within labs (orders of magnitude!), that it seems much more likely that SARS-CoV-2 jumped the same way than any lab-leak idea. Like, it's physically possible, and it would be important to know if that's what happened- people shouldn't dismiss it!- but I don't know how much it should be entertained as a real likelihood.
[0] natural insofar as humans intruding onto wildlife is natural
- sudosysgen 6y agoSerious cornaviruses jumped into people probably dozens of times in the last 20 years, and caused 3 epidemics, not two.
- roywiggins 6y agoI meant to say two times other than Sars-CoV-2 (SARS and MERS).
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