Re:Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and Covid-19
by matthewdgreen on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @10:16AM
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My understanding is that many scientists have concluded that animal->human adaptation occurred prior to the Wuhan wet market, and the market is basically a red herring. This is based on the relatively low degree of genetic drift that has occurred with SARS-Cov-2 since that time, which indicates that the substantial changes related to human adaptation are likely to have occurred prior to those wet market infections. There are better articles, but here's one [1].
[1] https://www.livescience.com/covid-19-did-not-start-at-wuhan-...