Raccoon dogs may hold key to COVID-19 origins.
TL;DR
Genetic data from Wuhan's wet market has shown raccoon dog DNA blended with the COVID-19 virus, suggesting that the virus may have infected the animals. The data has not been formally reviewed nor published in a peer-reviewed journal, but international health experts say that this finding adds credence to the theory that the COVID-19 virus came from animals instead of a lab leak. WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus slammed China for not sharing the data earlier, and since the first COVID-19 death in Wuhan on January 11, 2020, the virus has killed 6,873,477 people worldwide.
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