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1. frombo+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-12-31 00:35:00
SARS-CoV-2 itself is not a recombinant of any sarbecoviruses detected to date, and its receptor-binding motif, important for specificity to human ACE2 receptors, appears to be an ancestral trait shared with bat viruses and not one acquired recently via recombination.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-020-0771-4

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2. sradma+D2[view] [source] 2020-12-31 00:55:00
>>frombo+(OP)
Exactly, "detected to date". The animal surveillance programs were inadequate at the time of the outbreak and have since been defunded and shutdown altogether.
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