> In most other cases, with far fewer resources dedicated to the search, the origins are reliably indicated fairly quickly. Is this true? I've seen claims, inc

> In most other cases, with far fewer resources dedicated to the search, the origins are reliably indicated fairly quickly. Is this true? I've seen claims, including in the most recent TWIV podcast, that it took over a dozen years to reliably indicate the origins of SARS-COV-1 (which seems to be supported by this 2017 paper[0]), and that we are still working on identifying the origins of last decade's Ebola outbreaks. Although I suppose it may depend on what precisely is meant by "origins" and "reliably". [0] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171130141222.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171130141222.h...