China sat on evidence for several years that strongly suggests COVID-19 originally came from an animal and which could have changed the global response to the pandemic had it been made public in 2020, a leading coronavirus origins expert says.
“I think you will not get better evidence forthan this, quite frankly,” says Professor Edward Holmes, a viral evolution expert based at the University of Sydney and author of a report on the new data.
That led Chinese authorities to close and sanitise the market, but not before they collected DNA samples. None of the animal samples they collected tested positive for COVID-19.Loading The samples didn’t just contain genetic code from the virus, but also from humans and animals. Lots of animals. The Chinese had claimed no animals were being sold at the market, but Holmes says the genetic data made it look like “a bloody zoo”.It also showed the presence of raccoon dogs, hedgehogs, porcupines and bamboo rats in that very area.
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