Closest known relatives of virus behind Covid-19 found in Laos

Re:Closest known relatives of virus behind Covid-19 found in... by btilly on Saturday September 25, 2021 @06:35PM (#28656752)

There are actually 2 virology institutions in Wuhan. WIV is fairly far from the neighborhood where things got going.

Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention is a 5 minute walk from the wet market. And went through the disruption of a move just before COVID broke out.

See https://nypost.com/2021/08/13/who-scientist-eyes-on-wuhan-la... for more.

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Re:Closest known relatives of virus behind Covid-19 found in... by ravel-bar-foo on Saturday September 25, 2021 @07:14PM (#28656964)

WIV, the seafood market, and the airport are all on the same subway line. The topology of disease spread in cities is only approximated by physical distance.

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Re:Closest known relatives of virus behind Covid-19 found in... by jhgb on Saturday September 25, 2021 @07:31PM (#28657044)

Does it matter that they're on the same subway line? Do all people only travel on one subway line each and never change trains?

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Re:Closest known relatives of virus behind Covid-19 found in... by dqv on Saturday September 25, 2021 @08:57PM (#28657468)

Yes it matters.

>Do all people only travel on one subway line each and never change trains?

It's not what all people do that matters when trying to find the origin of a highly contagious virus. It only takes one person going from point A to point B to cause a pandemic.

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Re:Closest known relatives of virus behind Covid-19 found in... by btilly on Saturday September 25, 2021 @07:21PM (#28656997)

That I hadn't known. Thanks.

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Re:Closest known relatives of virus behind Covid-19 found in... by moralestapia on Saturday September 25, 2021 @06:42PM (#28656804)

>WIV is fairly far from the neighborhood where things got going.

Still closer than Southeast Asia, though.

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Re:Closest known relatives of virus behind Covid-19 found in... by Gibbon1 on Saturday September 25, 2021 @09:34PM (#28657630)

First cases to show up in the Bay Area were in late Jan 2020. That's only 6 weeks after the Chinese figured out they had a problem on their hands.

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