Studies link COVID-19 to wildlife sales at Chinese market, find alternative scenarios extremely unlikely
www.sciencedaily.com
Analyses based on locations and viral sequencing of early COVID-19 cases indicate the pandemic started in Huanan market in Wuhan, China, with live animals being sold at the market as the likely source. Genomic studies revealed that the SARS-Cov-2 virus jumped into humans on at two separate occasions.

All up not the worst outcome.

Best outcome would have been that it was already spreading globally (as suggested by wastewater analysis) and China just detected it first.

Next best would be that it was brought into the wet market, but by a person.

Slightly worse is if it jumped from animals at the market, as that vindicates the racists. <— we are here

Worse than that is accidental lab leak of natural virus.

Worse still is accidental lab leak of manufactured virus.

Worst of all is intentional release of manufactured virus.

  • ClathrateG [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    'Respiratory outbreak' being investigated at retirement community after 54 residents fall ill July 11, 2019, 11:32 PM

    "One of the things about skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities is [that] when you have a lot of people in close proximity, who have underlying medical conditions, there is an increased risk for outbreaks," he said. "Seeing a respiratory outbreak in a long-term care facility is not odd. ... One thing that's different about this outbreak is just that it's occurring in the summer when, usually, we don't have a lot of respiratory disease."

    Of those initially hospitalized, seven have returned to the retirement home, said Courtney Benoff, regional communications manager for Erikson Living, which owns the retirement home.

    The health department said that although there had been no new hospitalizations in the "past couple of days," residents were still getting sick in the outbreak.

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/respiratory-outbreak-investigated-retirement-community-54-residents-fall/story?id=64275865

    https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Fort+Detrick,+Frederick,+MD+21702,+USA/Greenspring+Senior+Living+Community,+7410+Spring+Village+Dr,+Springfield,+VA+22150,+United+States/@38.8946764,-77.4698547,10z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c9db1c3d5541e3:0xba3034573ad0d966!2m2!1d-77.4286011!2d39.4347477!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b652b1445232eb:0x8e45edfb2ee98809!2m2!1d-77.20405!2d38.7691!3e0 :soviet-hmm: