From what I've read, it seems the virus jumped into the human population around mid-November 2019 at the latest, and possibly early in October. https://www.reu

From what I've read, it seems the virus jumped into the human population around mid-November 2019 at the latest, and possibly early in October. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/first-covid-19-case-could-have-hit-china-oct-2019-study-2021-06-25/ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/first-covid-19-case-coul... > "Another study by Australian scientists, published on Thursday in the Scientific Reports journal, used genomic data to show SARS-CoV-2 binds to human receptors far more easily than other species, suggesting it was already adapted to humans when it first emerged." I think the evidence is steadily getting stronger for Sars-CoV-2 being the result of the accidental infection of a lab worker with a CRISPR-modified bat betacoronavirus that was being tested in human cell lines and/or genetically modified lab animals. From there it spread globally by train and airplane.