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0 pointsgregwebs5y ago0 comments

China is a big country. Wuhan is 900km away from the bat caves that are believed to be the breeding ground for these viruses.

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koheripbal5y ago

...but Wuhan is also 0km away from the wet markets that sell meat sourced x00km away near and around the bat caves.

a9h74j5y ago

I have seen estimates of thousands of wet markets in China and perhaps 10000 in all of Asia. Why the one wet market closest to a lab doing GOF research, and previously questioned on its containment rigor.

koheripbal5y ago

Because it is the largest city near the bat habitat - with the largest wet market.

Wuhan is like Chicago in China. It's not some random small town. If an outbreak occurred in some rural area (which it might have previously), it's possible that it just fizzled out.

Wuhan is a great place for a virus to spread.

tripletao5y ago

Take a look at this on a map. Mojiang (where RaTG13, the closest known relative to SARS-CoV-2, was reportedly sampled) is closer to Chongqing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, or HK than to Wuhan. Pu'er is roughly Chicago-sized, and it's 150 km away. Kunming is more people than two Chicagos, and it's 200 km away. It makes sense that this first emerged in a city, but Wuhan is far from the obvious geographic choice.

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koheripbal5y ago

...but Wuhan is also 0km away from the wet markets that sell meat sourced x00km away near and around the bat caves.

a9h74j5y ago

koheripbal5y ago

Because it is the largest city near the bat habitat - with the largest wet market.

Wuhan is like Chicago in China. It's not some random small town. If an outbreak occurred in some rural area (which it might have previously), it's possible that it just fizzled out.

Wuhan is a great place for a virus to spread.

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