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**Hugh** · 06-12-2021, 23:08

What it really said

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This outbreak highlights the ongoing ability of viral spill-over from animals to cause severe disease in humans

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These genomic and clinical similarities to SARS, as well as its high abundance in clinical samples, provides evidence for an associa- tion between WHCV and the ongoing outbreak of respiratory disease in Wuhan and across the world. Although the isolation of the virus from only a single patient is not sufficient to conclude that it caused these respiratory symptoms, our findings have been independently corroborated in further patients in a separate study.

The identification of multiple SARS-like CoVs in bats have led to the idea that these animals act as hosts of a natural reservoir of these viruses . Although SARS-like viruses have been identified widely in bats in China, viruses identical to SARS-CoV have not yet been docu- mented. Notably, WHCV is most closely related to bat coronaviruses, and shows 100% amino acid similarity to bat SL-CoVZC45 in the nsp7 and E proteins (Supplementary Table 3). Thus, these data suggest that bats are a possible host for the viral reservoir of WHCV. However, as a variety of animal species were for sale in the market when the disease was first reported, further studies are needed to determine the natural reservoir and any intermediate hosts of WHCV.
Note added in proof: Since this paper was accepted, the ICTV has designated the virus as SARS-CoV-230; in addition, the WHO has released the official name of the disease caused by this virus, which is COVID-19.

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Originally Posted by Paul

LOL (Im no wiser either btw)

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You are now the only person I know who has had Moderna.

My wife and I had it as a booster.