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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by inglor_cz on Saturday July 17, 2021 @12:39PM (#27866958)
"For what it's worth, this is not as implausible a co-incidence as might be claimed, since it is not uncommon for a virology lab to study viruses endemic to the region it is located in. "

The bat virus that seems to be the progenitor of SARS-Cov-2 was isolated in caves in a different part of China, quite far from Wuhan. Plus, bats hibernate during the time that the spread began.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-chinas-bat-wo...

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Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content” by pcrh on Saturday July 17, 2021 @12:57PM (#27867100)
It's estimated that ~50 years passed since the time bat virus (RaTG13) and SARS-CoV2 diverged.

So it's certainly not a recent transmission, which is why an intermediate host is proposed, which could also be bat, or some other host species. Coronaviruses are endemic in that region of China.

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