Originally Posted by
angrysoba
But I think this misses another point. It seems only fairly recently have the researchers led by Shi Zhengli discovered that the original SARS came from Yunnan Province, and yet it turned up in Guanzhou City, so it clearly travelled far from its origin. This is the most important point. Where it emerges is not necessarily where it originates!
See my last post, I'll let you catch up. And it wasn't recent. The source of SARS was discovered more than a decade ago.
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However, as I posted previously, the types of coronaviruses that share almost all of the genetic make-up of SARS Cov2 are found over wide areas of China, South-East Asia and even in Japan (probably elsewhere as well). We have no reason for thinking that the one that orginated in Yunnan is the one that has emerged as SARS Cov2. There could likely be several areas from which it broke out. ...
I'm pretty sure your source did not say "share almost all of the genetic make-up of SARS Cov2" or if it did it's not a legit source.
But yeah, why did it happen in Wuhan if it could have happened anywhere?