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New studies bolster theory coronavirus emerged from the wild (apnews.com)

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Two new studies provide more evidence that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a Wuhan, China market where live animals were sold – further bolstering the theory that the virus emerged in the wild rather than escaping from a Chinese lab.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

highest density of cases was both extremely near to and very centered on this market

If these findings are true it would require the lab leak to have spread to the market and not really anywhere else, which is a fair bit less likely than originating from the market.
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