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mynameismy111 t1_jcofp5q wrote

Reply to comment by Fizban24 in [OC] More Americans are believing COVID-19 originated from a lab in China. However, there is still no conclusive evidence to support one theory over another. The topic is highly politicizing both internally (US Political Parties) and externally (US-China relations). by Square_Tea4916

2003

What happened?

Coronavirus

19?

No

SARs

No

https://news.emory.edu/features/2020/06/ehd-zoonotic-diseases/_old/article.html#:~:text=Previous%20Coronaviruses&text=SARS%20was%20initially%20present%20in,into%20humans%20in%202002%2D03.

SARS was initially present in an as-yet unknown animal reservoir, perhaps bats, and was passed to civet cats, relatives of the mongoose. Evidence shows that as it circulated in the civet cats, it gained mutations that allowed it to cross over into humans in 2002-03. More than 8,000 people worldwide became sick with SARS and 774 died.

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