Prognosis
Covid Origins Mirror SARS’s Genesis in Animals, Study Finds
- Wildlife sold live at markets in Wuhan are most likely source
- Failure to thoroughly probe origin will leave world vulnerable
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Early Covid-19 cases traced to markets in Wuhan, China, mirror the initial spread of SARS 17 years earlier, scientists said in a paper that concludes that an animal contagion is the most likely explanation for the pandemic’s genesis.
The epidemiological history of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is comparable to previous animal market-associated outbreaks of coronaviruses and offers a simple route for human exposure, Edward Holmes, Andrew Rambaut and 19 other researchers said in a review of the scientific evidence pertaining to the pandemic’s origins.