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Not sure why I have to spell it out: Finding COVID in animals in the Huanan market and tracing them back to a wild population infected with COVID would be a kno
by WithinReason 4y ago
Not sure why I have to spell it out: Finding COVID in animals in the Huanan market and tracing them back to a wild population infected with COVID would be a knock down argument against a lab leak.
- igouy 4y agoSpelling it out avoids unnecessary misunderstanding, thank you. Apparently "No reports are known to be available for SARS-CoV-2 test results from these mammals at the Huanan market" and "we do not have access to any live animal samples from relevant species" and "The animals on these farms (nearly 1 million) were rapidly released, sold, or killed in early 2020 … apparently without testing for SARS-CoV-2 … Live animals sold at the market … were apparently not sampled either." https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abp8715 So the evidence you require will never be found. ---- otoh "Multiple positive samples were taken from one stall known to have sold live mammals, and the water drain proximal to this stall, as well as other sewerages and a nearby wildlife stall on the southwest side of the market, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2."
- WithinReason 4y agoThey could still find a recent common ancestor of the original strain in a bat species for example. COVID samples from the market could have come from a human spreader.
- igouy 4y agoWould you accept that as evidence of "no lab involvement"? Would we hear bat species SARS-CoV-2 could have come from a human spreader :-)
- WithinReason 4y agoI think it should be possible to tell which direction evolution went