[Zhang Fei]

[Judging by the replies on this thread, they’ve sold the animal link pretty good.]

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I think it’s Occam’s Razor at work. Virulent bugs emanated from China thousands of years before the first bio lab came into being. I suspect it’s related to the way they raise animals or process meat for sale.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/23/appetite-for-warm-meat-drives-risk-of-disease-in-hong-kong-and-china

A sidenote: Did kosher processing of meat prevent disease outbreaks related to meat handling?

[bramps]

In this case, imho, I’d say Occam’s Razor points to the lab.