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• 16 Apr 2021

• Yes

  Complex

  coronaviruses "with a high degree of genetic relatedness to Sars-CoV-2 are widely present in bats across many nations and regions in Asia". New article on the BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment…

  • Coronavirus: Bat scientists find new evidence - BBC News

    Experts say coronaviruses related to Sars-CoV-2 may be found in bats across many parts of Asia.

    www.bbc.com

  COVID-19 Bats Where did it come from?

  

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• 23 Feb 2021

• No

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• 16 Apr 2020

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  Other ...: The current evidence suggests it does.

  

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• 16 Apr 2020

• Yes

  Complex

  Great response here in the New Yorker, explaining the leap from bats to humans, "From Bats to Human Lungs, the Evolution of a Coronavirus" by Carolyn Kormann.
  https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/f…

  • From Bats to Human Lungs, the Evolution of a Coronavirus | The New Yorker

    SARS-CoV-2, which honed its viral genome for thousands of years, behaves like a monstrous mutant hybrid of all the coronaviruses that came before it.

    www.newyorker.com

  

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• 20 Mar 2020

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  Other ...:

  • Bats are not to blame for coronavirus. Humans are

    apple.news

  

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