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Re:Scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2... by T-A on Friday April 09, 2021 @01:07PM (#26753096)
> The clearly obvious hypothesis is that animal transmission was the vector

Except nobody has been able to identify that animal. With SARS it was quickly determined to be civets, with MERS camels. With Covid, more than a year on, we still don't know.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/26/1021263/bat-covi...

Re:Scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2... by ufo on Friday April 09, 2021 @01:20PM (#26753269)
IIRC it took more than a year for people to conclude it was the civets.
Re:Scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2... by T-A on Friday April 09, 2021 @01:28PM (#26753377)