A new analysis of samples collected from a Wuhan fish market has suggested for the first time a concrete link between some of the wild animals sold illegally there and the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic Ocean reported Thursday. The evidence points to raccoons as the likely culprit, according to the analysis, which found the animals may have carried and shed the virus in late 2019. The research was carried out by an international team of virologists, genomicists and evolutionists. according to biologists Atlantic Ocean –and while it’s not 100 percent definitive proof, it’s “a really strong indication that animals in the market were infected,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist involved in the study. “There’s really no other explanation that makes any sense.” The magazine’s report comes just days after an Economist/YouGov poll found that nearly two-thirds of Americans favor the laboratory leak theory over natural occurrence. It was reported last month that the US Department of Energy had concluded – albeit with “low confidence” – that the virus likely emerged from a laboratory. Intelligence agencies and experts elsewhere remain divided.
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