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We don't, and that's the issue, we can't know unless we find an ancestor virus. It's also very possible if could have wiped out the original virus in all origin
by sudosysgen 5y ago
We don't, and that's the issue, we can't know unless we find an ancestor virus. It's also very possible if could have wiped out the original virus in all original reservoirs. It's very difficult to do this now and for endemic viruses in general, and it took a very very long time to do for SARS where this wasn't a problem.
- neom 5y agoI thought they thought it might be pangolins? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32380510/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32380510/
- sudosysgen 5y agoYeah, that's a theory, but I don't think it's settled yet
- lamontcg 5y agoThat is a very old article in pandemic research time. Pagolins aren't thought to be the likely intermediate animal any more.