> but it does seem suggestive. As pointed out by others, we don't even know who COVID's patient zero is, nor whether or not an intermediate host was even requi

> but it does seem suggestive. As pointed out by others, we don't even know who COVID's patient zero is, nor whether or not an intermediate host was even required after bats. The original SARS-CoV virus has never been isolated in animals. HIV's origins in chimps is still murky. The Spanish flu wasn't Spanish, but otherwise ... And, Ebola. ? We humans aren't owed an answer, and juxtaposed against our investigative history, I don't understand how the current state of our understanding here is suggestive of anything.