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> Except neither bats nor pangolins were sold at the market. We know that because…? "Raccoon dogs, marmots, civets, mink, Siberian badgers and many other furr
by igouy 4y ago
> Except neither bats nor pangolins were sold at the market.
We know that because…?
"Raccoon dogs, marmots, civets, mink, Siberian badgers and many other furry mammals that could have served as intermediate hosts for the SARS-CoV-2 virus were openly, illegally and profitably sold in the market. The wild and farmed animals were documented to be in poor health, and crowded together in their cages."
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00396338.2021.2006442 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00396338.2021.2...
"Live animals that are susceptible to COVID-19 were in the market in December 2019"
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/28/1160162845/what-does-the-science-say-about-the-origin-of-the-sars-cov-2-pandemic https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/28/1160162...