In what has been a fresh development in the India-China rivalry and the Covid-19 pandemic, a team from China’s top science institution, Chinese Academy of Sciences in a paper argues that SARS-CoV-2 likely originated in India in summer of 2019.
Date: July 9th, 2025 3:25 PM Author: Chestnut range
Hey shitcons did you even look into this, or did you just wave it off as a nothingburger even though all initial reporting about COVID came from China.
Date: July 9th, 2025 3:26 PM Author: umber therapy school cafeteria
"Members of the Indian Academy of Science were unavailable for comment at this time due to their ongoing efforts in basic sanitation and waste disposal."
Date: July 9th, 2025 3:27 PM Author: Chestnut range
"Before the virus had spread to Wuhan, it had already seen some evolution in previous transmission between humans, says the paper, adding that, the least mutated strain’s geographic information and strain diversity suggest that the Indian subcontinent might be the place where the first human to human transmission of the virus occurred, a few months prior to the Wuhan outbreak."