BEIJING — Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, adding evidence to the theory that the virus originated from animals, not from a lab, international experts say.
Tedros criticized China for not sharing the genetic information earlier, telling a press briefing that “this data could have and should have been shared three years ago.” The data show that some of the COVID-positive samples collected from a stall known to be involved in the wildlife trade also contained raccoon dog genes, indicating the animals may have been infected by the virus, according to the scientists. Their analysis was first reported in The Atlantic.
“The market environmental sampling data published by China CDC is by far the strongest evidence to support animal origins,” Yip told the AP in an email. He was not connected to the new analysis. Efforts to determine the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic have been complicated by factors including the massive surge of human infections in the pandemic’s first two years and an increasingly bitter political dispute.
Gao Fu, the former head of the Chinese CDC and lead author of the Chinese paper, didn’t immediately respond to an Associated Press email requesting comment. But he told Science magazine the sequences are “nothing new. It had been known there was illegal animal dealing and this is why the market was immediately shut down.”
Sure, sure, I believe you...
Oo yeah raccoon dogs. I hear they run with sloth parrots.
I've never believed the virus was created for political purposes, but it was sure as hell exploited for political purposes......
More CCP/ Democrat BS! 🤨
data suggests it also came from Aliens or Bats or a Chinese 3 way with a potbelly pig
Panic must be setting because the lies are becoming more bizarre,
Your whole news division is a joke. It’s embarrassing that someone thought this was a good idea to just publish nothing but another bull shit story simply to try to protect the DNC. I wonder, when you hire, to you ask for a voter registration? LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder
You mean they were eating raccoon dogs right? They eat anything in Asian countries.
Total BS
Fake news, try hiring qualified journalists 👍🏼
Came from a laboratory
LOL! Can you say pennlive is gullible!