Coronaviruses closely related to the pandemic virus discovered in Japan and Cambodia

Johno35 · Post by **Johno35** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:09 am

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03217-0

“The viruses, both found in bats stored in laboratory freezers, are the first SARS-CoV-2 relatives to be found outside China.”

“Two lab freezers in Asia have yielded surprising discoveries. Researchers have told Nature they have found a coronavirus that is closely related to SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the pandemic, in horseshoe bats stored in a freezer in Cambodia. Meanwhile, a team in Japan has reported the discovery of another closely related coronavirus — also found in frozen bat droppings.

The viruses are the first known relatives of SARS-CoV-2 to be found outside China, which supports the World Health Organization’s search across Asia for the pandemic’s animal origin. Strong evidence suggests that SARS-CoV-2 originated in horseshoe bats, but whether it passed directly from bats to people, or through an intermediate host, remains a mystery.“

Post by **Username Taken** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:14 am

Johno35 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:09 am https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03217-0

Posts like this are a real PITA.

Johno do you think you could post the first paragraph or two, then people can decide whether they can be bothered to follow the link to read more.

Much appreciated.

SternAAlbifrons · Post by **SternAAlbifrons** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:15 am

With due respect Johnno,
some of us are not going to blindly "accept all cookies" without having a clue what it is about.

Johno35 · Post by **Johno35** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:16 am

Username Taken wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:14 am
Johno35 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:09 am https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03217-0
Posts like this are a real PITA.

Johno do you think you could post the first paragraph or two, then people can decide whether they can be bothered to follow the link to read more.

Much appreciated.

Sure, done.

SternAAlbifrons · Post by **SternAAlbifrons** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:21 am

Dear CEO members,

Please spread the word.

"Eating Cambodian wildlife will give you Corona Virus"
and cancer and the pox and a limp dick

Thanks.

Sincerely,
Every wild animal in the Kingdom.

Phnom Poon · Post by **Phnom Poon** » Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:37 am

except they don't appear to be 'closely' related at all

is this china sending the who on a runaround
and getting it's pals to help muddy the origin story?

are we to believe it didn't originate in china at all now?

though as above, if it helps keep people off the wildlife, that's good

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