by Morley Evans
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
There is evidence that the first confirmed COVID-19 hospital patients had no contact with the Huanan Seafood Market, which would rule out the possibility that the market was the source of the virus
While the virus was spreading throughout Wuhan and people seriously ill with a new form of pneumonia was going to hospitals, the Chinese Government was jailing the doctors who were warning others about this disease
SARS-CoV-2, the name of the virus that causes COVID-19, has not been found in the wild
Several researchers have stated that SARS-CoV-2 is a result of the genetic recombination of part of the spike protein of the Malayan Pangolin coronavirus into RaTG13, its nearest relative, collected from bats by Wuhan Institute of Virology researchers in 2013
It’s unlikely that SARS-CoV-2’s unique spike protein is due to a natural mutation, as the two host species are separated by thousands of miles.
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