Professor Michael Worobey from the University of Arizona, stated: "Rather than being one small branch on this big bushy evolutionary tree, the market sequences are across all the branches of the tree, in a way that is consistent with the genetic diversity actually beginning at the market," adding that, in his opinion,&nbsp;all the data pointed to an animal origin of Covid. “It's far beyond reasonable doubt that this is how it happened”, and that other explanations for the data required "really quite fanciful absurd scenarios," he said. "I think there's been a lack of appreciation even up until now about how strong the evidence is."

“We find a very consistent story in terms of this pointing - even at the level of a single stall - to the market as being the very likely origin of this particular pandemic.”{ai:summary}<p>Researchers from the US and France assert that the Covid-19 pandemic originated in an animal market in Wuhan, not from a laboratory. Their analysis of samples collected from the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market suggests that animals, particularly raccoon dogs, likely transmitted the virus to humans.</p><p>The study indicates strong genetic ties between the virus and wildlife present in the market around the time of the outbreak. Experts emphasize that the evidence supports an animal origin, countering alternative theories about the pandemic’s beginnings. #health</p>

Scientists in France, US claim ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ that Covid began in animal market

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