re: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) ***W.H.O. DECLARES A GLOBAL PANDEMIC***

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A number of early cases of the outbreak in Wuhan were tied to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. Later, researchers took environmental samples that suggested the virus had landed on surfaces in the market. But in the period since, tissue samples from the market's animals have revealed no trace of the virus. For the virus to jump from animals to humans, the animals have to actually be carrying it. None of the animals tested positive.


We already knew this but China admits the virus didn’t come from the wet market. Looks like all us “conspiracy theorists” were right.

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For the longest time, anyone on this board who suggested that the virus originated anywhere other than the wet market was ridiculed and downvoted into oblivion. Given all the attention paid to this respiratory virus, I am surprised that more attention isn't being given to just how it all started. My guess is that if there were an innocent explanation China would be shouting it from the rooftops and would be completely transparent about it.

A Cambridge team of geneticists led by Peter Forster reported that they were able to sequence mutations in order to trace the virus' origin in humans. Those scientists reported that the earliest known human infection occurred in China well South of Wuhan.

I've wondered whether China was trying to use a biological agent against Hong Kong protestors. I think that's highly unlikely but still I wonder.