I thought it was bats to pangolins to humans. Same as the first sars coronavirus being bats to civets (paradoxurinae) to humans.

The theory being, bats are natures reservoir of the parent virus, and SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 both descended from it, through an intermediate host.

> I thought it was bats to pangolins to humans

You’re correct [1]. Thank you.

[1] https://www.cell.com/pb-assets/journals/research/current-bio...

Either way, AFAICT we know for certain that it didn’t come from a lab somewhere and that narrative needs to stop spreading.

It could also help curtail the sales of specific animals in wet markets that are higher risk. Although as usual, this is looking back rather than looking forward.

This depends on the will of the Chinese government. They instituted bans on exotic wildlife selling and farming shortly after SARS, but then rolled it back when the furor died down.

Exotic animals in wet markets are not consumed by the majority of the population; this is mostly driven by the Chinese rich. The industry has survived creating its first pandemic due to its lobbying power; let's see how it rides out the second one.