Desperation is inferring the existence of an infected animal at the market from the presence of animal genetic material at the market, which had been plastered with virus across its >9 NFL field-sized retail space. #OriginOfCovid
Desperation is inferring the existence of an infected animal at the market from the presence of animal genetic material at the market, which had been plastered with virus across its >9 NFL field-sized retail space. #OriginOfCovid
The presence of animal genetic material sampled from surfaces at the Wuhan market in Jan 2020 doesn't tell us: 1. If there were live animals in Nov/Dec 2019. 2. How many there were, if present. 3. If the animals were infected with the virus.
Considering that it is a surface and not an animal that is being sampled, contaminating genetic material cannot be used to determine the host that shed the virus. There is nothing in the sequencing data that says the virus came from a human or a raccoon dog.