Open pbx19df2a6 opened 4 years ago
Note that bioRxiv study linked has been published by Nature as Isolation of SARS-CoV-2-related coronavirus from Malayan pangolins.
This is a very detailed article that looks again at the pangolin as natural host story, and concludes that it does not make sense. It can only be reviewed by an expert. It's quite complex.
It also points to possible not-so-natural gain-of-function experiments involving pangolins. https://medium.com/@yurideigin/lab-made-cov2-genealogy-through-the-lens-of-gain-of-function-research-f96dd7413748
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/03/20/covid-19-genome-analysis-suggests-2-viruses-may-have-combined/