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1. roywig+(OP)[view] [source] 2021-03-22 19:57:51
Serious coronaviruses have jumped into people like, twice in the last 20 years entirely naturally[0], and so many more people have contact with animals outside of labs than within labs (orders of magnitude!), that it seems much more likely that SARS-CoV-2 jumped the same way than any lab-leak idea. Like, it's physically possible, and it would be important to know if that's what happened- people shouldn't dismiss it!- but I don't know how much it should be entertained as a real likelihood.

[0] natural insofar as humans intruding onto wildlife is natural

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2. sudosy+I1[view] [source] 2021-03-22 20:03:24
>>roywig+(OP)
Serious cornaviruses jumped into people probably dozens of times in the last 20 years, and caused 3 epidemics, not two.
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3. roywig+K3[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-03-22 20:12:05
>>sudosy+I1
I meant to say two times other than Sars-CoV-2 (SARS and MERS).
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