Transmission via intermediary species is obviously possible. That the virus has 96% genetic structure to a known RatGN-13 virus in horseshoe bat i s not disputed. Neither is the real possiblity of SARS-Cov-2 originating in a natural gene swapping. What is not credible are the naive assertions of experts discounting a possible lab origin, by repeating essentially the "straw man" argument by K.G.Andersen, asserting that "synthetic lab origin" is impossible because of its proximity to known bat viruses. But no-one is arguing that. The... (read more)
Transmission via intermediary species is obviously possible. That the virus has 96% genetic structure to a known RatGN-13 virus in horseshoe bat i s not disputed. Neither is the real possiblity of SARS-Cov-2 originating in a natural gene swapping. What is not credible are the naive assertions of experts discounting a possible lab origin, by repeating essentially the "straw man" argument by K.G.Andersen, asserting that "synthetic lab origin" is impossible because of its proximity to known bat viruses. But no-one is arguing that. The... (read more)