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"It is improbable that SARS-CoV-2 emerged through laboratory manipulation of a related SARS-CoV-like coronavirus." -- (link)

Posted by Reagen Mar 17 '20, 16:42

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 (www.nature.com)

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Also anyone calling it the “China Virus” is a massive racist and also a moron. - Tim Mar 17, 16:48 20
- I've been trying to refer to it consistently as the "1918 flu". -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 17:07
- Trumpers are unable to function without blaming. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 16:58 3
  - I blame Obama for this. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 17, 17:07
  - There is a lot of truth to that. -- nm - David Mar 17, 17:04 1
    - I have Trumpers in the family. I am painfully familiar. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 17:08
- It's all about intent. "Anyone" is a loaded word in this case. Someone catching a news conference by dummy and not knowing any better wouldn't in my - Bacon Mar 17, 16:53 4
  - If they don't know better at this point, they have brain damage. Only Fox News cult members use that language. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 16:59 3
    - I still call it Corona Virus, people around me evolved to Covid-19. I am just saying there is a possibility someone parrots it not knowing better. -- nm - Bacon Mar 17, 17:04 2
      - SARS-CoV-2 is the virus, in the family of corona viruses, and COVID-19 is the disease it causes. So both ways work. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 17, 17:09
      - Either is fine. Calling it China or Wuhan is a deliberate racist choice. -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 17:06
- All evidence is that the 1918 flu originated in Kansas. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 16:51 9
  - I heard it today. Do you recommend any sources? -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 16:59 4
    - News article referencing primary sources at the time -- (link) - Reagen Mar 17, 17:02 3
      - from the 1st paragraph on wiki: - mud Mar 17, 17:05
      - thanks! -- nm - loosilu Mar 17, 17:03 1
        
        Smithsonian article published a few years back also mentioned this. -- (link) - Cuzzin Todd Mar 17, 17:10
  - Huh, I'd never heard that. -- nm - David Mar 17, 16:54 3
    - I had just read it a couple of weeks back and was like 'huh' -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 17:05
    - Yeah, that's news to me. -- nm - Bacon Mar 17, 16:56 1
      - Quick, everyone post it on Facebook! -- nm - Max Mar 17, 16:56

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