A University of Arizona scientist, who once called for a deeper look into the 'lab leak' theory to explain COVID-19's origins, co-authored a new paper that concludes the virus originated from animals sold at a market in Wuhan, China in…
Kathryn Palmer A University of Arizona scientist was part of an international research team that has concluded the COVID-19 virus originated with live animals sold at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China.
People are also reading… That’s consistent with the idea that the virus originated in that specific market. Vendors got infected at the market, and as they brought goods to the surrounding community, it spread. A second paper published Tuesday found that the virus’s spread from animals to humans likely occurred in two separate instances, from two separate viral lineages, in late November 2019.
One popular, but unsubstantiated, theory is that the pandemic happened after the virus leaked from a Chinese lab. But Andersen also cleared up another misconception about what scientists do know about the COVID-19 virus.
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