animal. scientists have pointed to a few prime suspects, including pangolins, mink and raccoon dogs. understanding genetically very similar viruses can help scientists come up with a timeline for when and possibly where sars may have spilled over from animals. possibly where sars may have spilled overfrom animals. there is also possibly where sars may have spilled over from animals. there is also the fact this has happened a number of times before, most notably with the stars outbreak in china in 2003, and middle east respiratory syndrome whichjumped into camels middle east respiratory syndrome which jumped into camels and then humans in saudi arabia. irate which jumped into camels and then humans in saudi arabia. which jumped into camels and then humans in saudi arabia. we have seen similar events humans in saudi arabia. we have seen similar events spill humans in saudi arabia. we have seen similar events spill over humans in saudi arabia. we have seen similar events spill over
there is one very close relative of it, ratgis. ratgb was found in horse shoe bats in china s southern yunnan province back in 2013 after six minors got sick. three of them died. researchers studied and officially identified the virus. it is a 96.2% match with sars cov 2, and even closer relatives have been found in bat caves in neighbouring laos in the last few weeks. this is significant because both ratgb and the more recently identified banal 52 are the closest known relatives of sars cov 2, and either or both could have changed enough over the last few decades to be able to jump into humans, probably through an intermediate animal. scientists have pointed to a few prime suspects, including pangolins, mink and raccoon dogs. understanding genetically very similar viruses can help scientists
began to criticize some of the lack of data they received. they questioned the transportation from their chinese counterparts. at the seafood market, traces of covid-19 were found on the floors, walls, and surfaces. the w.h.o. team was told that no live animals were being sold prior to the outbreak. that was despite images like these. cnn has obtained this video filmed inside the market, images of the market from early december, taken by a concerned customer indicate it was apparently selling other live wild animals. we now know that animals were in fact sold there, live animals, which is something that china has denied. but it s clear that annals like raccoon dogs that are susceptible to these viruses and likely intermediate hosts were sold there. do you think it was an adequate investigation? i just think they were not fair and objective. they had looked reasonably hard at one plausible hypothesis, but
december taken by a concerned customer indicate it was apparently selling other live wild animals. we know animals were in fact sold there, live animals, which is something china denied. it clear animals like raccoon dogs are susceptible to these viruses and hosts were sold there. do you think it was an adequate investigation? i don t think they were fair and objective. they looked reasonably hard at one plausible hypothesis but really had ignored or brushed aside the other, the laboratory associated hypothesis. how much of the report was dedicated? i tallied up the page numbers. the total main report for the laboratory was about four pages out of 313. and in those four pages, the title of the section was conspiracy theories.
Roaming groups of racoon dogs could become the UK’s biggest threat to biodiversity and should be reported as pests, experts have warned. The furry mammals, known as the tanuki, are native to the forests of eastern Siberia, northern China, North Vietnam, Korea, and Japan but are now widespread in some European countries, having been accidentally released as part of the fur trade. Racoon dogs have become known as master escapologists from captivity and experts fear the rapidly-reproducing species could cause damage to precarious UK ecosystems.