Keep in mind that “Coronavirus” is the generic term for all the viruses in this family, and COVID-19 is this microbe’s formal name. The virus they engineered, SCH014, was unrelated to this one, since it was a coronavirus/sars hybrid.
All indicators currently point to this being a naturally occurring virus, not engineered. Virologists are trained to notice that kind of stuff and I haven’t heard of any of them signaling that this even could be man-made.
Those Chinese wet markets are a plethora of viruses and filth, the perfect breeding ground for epidemics.
Keep in mind that “Coronavirus” is the generic term for all the viruses in this family, and COVID-19 is this microbe’s formal name. The virus they engineered, SCH014, was unrelated to this one, since it was a coronavirus/sars hybrid.
All indicators currently point to this being a naturally occurring virus, not engineered. Virologists are trained to notice that kind of stuff and I haven’t heard of any of them signaling that this even could be man-made.
Those Chinese wet markets are a plethora of viruses and filth, the perfect breeding ground for epidemics.