Reputable source, too.
Single Mutation Could Significantly Enhance Wuhan Coronavirus
By AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Decade-long structural studies by Fang Li of the University of Minnesota, et al. have shown how the SARS virus (SARS-CoV) interacts with animal and human hosts in order to infect them.
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“Alarmingly, our data predict that a single mutation [at a specific spot in the genome] could significantly enhance [the Wuhan coronavirus’s] ability to bind with human ACE2,” the investigators write. For this reason, Wuhan coronavirus evolution in patients should be closely monitored for the emergence of novel mutations at the 501 position in its genome, and to a lesser extent, the 494 position, in order to predict the possibility of a more serious outbreak than has been seen so far.{emphasis mine.}
Dang.
With the zombie apocalypse you could usually see them coming and you got target practice.
With the vampire apocalypse at least you had attractive women in flowing nightgowns after you.
With this, getting quarantined on a cruise ship for a month with sick people is starting to look like our best hope.