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|Zoonotic (natural) spill-over, likely via an intermediate animal host | |Zoonotic (natural) spill-over, likely via an intermediate animal host | ||
| | |Genomic features are consistent with other coronaviruses that have jumped from bats to humans. | ||
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A 2025 New York Times opinion review argues that environmental sampling from Wuhan animal markets and wildlife trade records remain the most parsimonious explanation for the early case cluster. [1] | [1] | | |||
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|Accidental laboratory release from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) | |Accidental laboratory release from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) | ||
| | |The U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released a 2025 report asserting that safety shortcomings at WIV and undisclosed research on SARS-like viruses created a plausible accident scenario. | ||
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The committee claimed that some early genomic data were removed from public databases, hindering open analysis. [2] | [2] | | |||
=== Where the sources disagree === | === Where the sources disagree === | ||