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Nobody noticed the precursors to SARS and MERS either, until those emerged in humans. But once they did, the precursors were quickly found in civets and camels,
by T-A 5y ago
Nobody noticed the precursors to SARS and MERS either, until those emerged in humans. But once they did, the precursors were quickly found in civets and camels, respectively.
A reminder: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/26/1021263/bat-covid-coronavirus-cause-origin-wuhan/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/26/1021263/bat-covi...
- sudosysgen 5y agoIt took half a decade for SARS. It wasn't immediate by any stretch of the imagination.
- T-A 5y ago> It took half a decade for SARS. It wasn't immediate by any stretch of the imagination. It took less than a year from outbreak to publication: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/302/5643/276 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/302/5643/276