Eldorado Posted January 23, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 23, 2020 "Snakes – the Chinese krait and the Chinese cobra – may be the original source of the newly discovered coronavirus that has triggered an outbreak of a deadly infectious respiratory illness in China this winter." At Science Alert: https://www.sciencealert.com/snakes-are-the-likely-source-of-china-s-deadly-coronavirus-here-s-why At Live Science: https://www.livescience.com/new-coronavirus-origin-snakes.html "Homologous recombination within the spike glycoprotein of the newly identified coronavirus may boost cross‐species transmission from snake to human" Paper abstract at Wiley: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.25682 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbloodmoon Posted January 23, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Hmmm no more krait wine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wistman Posted January 23, 2020 #3 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Yesterday I read a report that bats were the likely source of the virus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartikg Posted January 27, 2020 #4 Share Posted January 27, 2020 The Chinese really need to rethink their dietary choices. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Walt' E. Kurtz Posted January 27, 2020 #5 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Snakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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