The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2

2020/03/17 by Kristian G. Andersen, Andrew Rambaut, W. Ian Lipkin +2 · 1 voice · 58 citations
Medicine · #COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies #SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research #SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/s41591-020-0820-9

openalex publication_date 2020/03/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

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Discussions

• 2 recent papers provided good evidence for the presence of the virus in the live animal market in Wuhan. Not compelling enough for lab leak folk, but the issues since the origin of COVID are discussed [bsky, 6 points, 3 comments]