@Le_Figaro a lab accident has never been a taboo the thing people actually aren't taking seriously is a natural or agricultural origin outside China! there is plenty of β coronavirus in bats in southern Europe, but there's been very little investigation
@Quazah1 @drsimonegold @DevinNunes not exactly the same, given the Spanish flu ended up with that name due to less media censorship in Spain during WWI. but if you mean "based on a misinterpretation of the origin" then yeah, quite likely. https://t.co/R
@mgubrud @Virg_785 @1GenieInABottle @PeterDaszak @jfischman the hypotheses that it started in Europe is substantially more plausible than it starting in a lab. "Molecular identification of Betacoronavirus in bats from Sardinia (Italy): first detection and
@Ayjchan @WHO @MonaRahalkar And detected no beta sars-covs. The workers had pneumonia. And this species of bat was later identified to be a host of beta sars-covs in Europe. https://t.co/0WuWcED3Iu
Here's an article on Clade 2B Betacoronaviruses in Italy. Existence also confirmed in other European countries such as Spain, Hungary, Netherlands, Romania, Ukraine, Slovenia, etc... not an extensive list, but several are Human Coronaviruses (other sources
Molecular identification of Betacoronavirus in bats from Sardinia (Italy): first detection and phylogeny. https://t.co/Xn762QYaCP https://t.co/dLswMF6ER6
Molecular identification of Betacoronavirus in bats from Sardinia (Italy): first detection and phylogeny. https://t.co/y048oLF3w3 https://t.co/mRFoBDO05H