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The proximal animal hosts of SARS-1 and MERS were both discovered within about a year of the first human infections. This provides strong evidence of their natu
by tripletao 2y ago
The proximal animal hosts of SARS-1 and MERS were both discovered within about a year of the first human infections. This provides strong evidence of their natural zoonotic origin.
Such a host for SARS-CoV-2 would falsify theories of research-related origin. None has been found, despite the much greater effort to search. That doesn't mean it's certainly unnatural, but it's surprising.