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janterry

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33. The researcher I've been listening to said it was nearly impossible

Mon May 24, 2021, 06:41 AM

May 2021

to conceive of a bat and that on his listserv(s) - no one thought it was likely. This is not because something can't jump species. But the fact that this virus was so infectious and so readily adaptable to humans - no one he knew in the field thought this was plausible.

Had the virus mutated slowly - over time - then yes.

But the picture they saw of this virus - they all thought it came from a lab.

I think the better question is why the bat theory was the only thing reported on. When many thought otherwise.

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Problem #1 WarGamer May 2021 #7

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The Original Assumption WHITT May 2021 #23

The researcher I've been listening to said it was nearly impossible janterry May 2021 #33

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