On January 24, 2020, Chinese scientists reported the results of viral diagnostic studies conducted on bronchoalveolar lavage specimens obtained from three Wuhan City patients hospitalized in December with severe bilateral interstitial, alveolar pneumonia. The investigation identified a viral genome matched to lineage B of the genus betacoronavirus, showing more than 85% match with a SARS-like CoV genome previously described in bats. Ultrathin sections of infected human airway epithelial cells showed inclusion bodies filled with virus particles in membrane-bound vesicles in the cytoplasm. On electron microscopy, the observed morphology of the virion is consistent with the Coronaviridae family.
Zhu N, Zhang D, Wang W, et al. A novel coronavirus from patients with pneumonia in China, 2019. N Engl J Med. 2020;382:727-733.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2001017
There are annoying "party line" shibboleths in the article, but it inarguable that the virus was identified microscopically with genomic sequencing.
Those "annoying party line shibboleths" are what cause me to doubt this study. They mentioned "bats" with a straight face! It's been proven it can't have come from bats; bats can't even be infected by the virus. When a virus comes from animal X, you better hope animal X can actually be infected with said virus. Otherwise, as they say, "No."
"85% match with a SARS-like CoV genome previously described in bats."
Isn't human DNA 85% the same as fruit flies, or something like that?
Long story short, I don't have enough medical expertise to disprove OR confirm what this study suggests. But neither has the other 99.99% of CathInfo, unless we have some secret virologists in our midst.
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