They knew this was coming back in 2013
Effects of Human Anti-Spike Protein Receptor Binding Domain Antibodies on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Neutralization Escape and Fitness
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4248992/
Isolation and Characterization of a Bat SARS-like Coronavirus That Uses the ACE2 Receptor
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5389864/
Warning in Abstracts from 2013-2015 articles
November 2013
“Our results provide the strongest evidence to date that Chinese horseshoe bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-CoV, and that intermediate hosts may not be necessary for direct human infection by some bat SL-CoVs. They also highlight the importance of pathogen-discovery programs targeting high-risk wildlife groups in emerging disease hotspots as a strategy for pandemic preparedness.”
and
“Understanding the bat origin of human coronaviruses is helpful for the prediction and prevention of another pandemic emergence in the future.”
and
“Our work suggests a potential risk of SARS-CoV re-emergence from viruses currently circulating in bat populations.”