Prognosis
What We Don’t Know About Coronavirus Origins Might Kill Us
The WHO is seeking a new mission to China to hunt for the pathogen’s source.
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The best minds in virology are trying to unravel a mystery: How did a lethal coronavirus jump from the wilds of rural China to major human population centers? And what chain of genetic mutations produced a pathogen so perfectly adapted for stealth and mass transmission?