Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold – further bolstering the theory that the virus emerged in the wild rather than escaping from a Chinese lab.

  • MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Why could it not have been both? A lab leak that spread at the market. Sure, this says initial cases were near the market, but it still doesn’t say conclusively what the origin was.

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      1 year ago

      highest density of cases was both extremely near to and very centered on this market

      If these findings are true it would require the lab leak to have spread to the market and not really anywhere else, which is a fair bit less likely than originating from the market.
      It’s possible, but when you hear hoofbeats, think horses not zebras.