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Where did coronavirus come from?

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Leo Samuels

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Leo Samuels, Content Writer, PG, California

Answered Apr 15, 2020

Coronavirus is a virus that is found in animals and can be transferred to human beings. It was first discovered in Wuhan,China wheredead and live animals are sold illegally. This poses a deadly risk to all species.

COVID-19 has been to be found in either bat, as it contains a lot of zoonotic viruses such as Ebola.
This virus has been described as a global pandemic onMarch 11th, 2020 in order to control and reduce the number of infected cases.

In view of this, we are advised to avoid unnecessary contact with animals that we think might be infected, maintain social distancing, wash your hands always, do not touch any open part of or body with dirty hands, and cough into our elbows.

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Isa

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Isa , Senior Executive, MBA, Willemstad

Answered Apr 13, 2020

There are different reports where Coronavirus came from, but a lot of people are saying that this happened because a guy from Wuhan, China, ate a bat. In Wuhan, there is a market there that sells different types of exotic animals. The bat is just one of the exotic animals that can be eaten there. It just so happens that the bat that was eaten by this person is infected.

This has caused the virus to spread from the bat to the person—the person who has become infected probably infected other people along the way. Even travelers have gotten infected, which explains why the virus can now be found in so manyother countries.

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Lysa

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Lysa , English Professor, PhD, Zaanstad

Answered Apr 13, 2020

Coronavirus is said to have come from Wuhan, China. Apparently, this is the place wherein there are a lot of exotic animals that are being sold for consumption. A man supposedly eats an infected bat, and it then infects this human. This human then spreads the virus to other people who also spread it to other people until such time when it started spreading to various parts of the world. There are different conspiracy theories that are being made about this, though. There are some people who are saying that perhaps, this did not really originate from a man who ate a bat. It may have come from a scientific institution that may have wanted to wipe out a lot of people from various parts of the world.
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P. Micah

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Answered Apr 01, 2020

Coronavirus is thought to have come from a meat market in Wuhan, China. The strain of Coronavirus that is making its way across the globe is traditionally found in animals, such as bats. In this market, it is common to find exotic animals. There are two ways that the virus is thought to have traveled.

One way is through the handling of the meats, where some of the workers may have not had been wearing gloves while having direct contact with the animals. Another way is through direct indigestion of the food, which may have not been cooked properly or fully.

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Larry Thornton

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Larry Thornton, Student, MBA, Los Angles

Answered Mar 30, 2020

A lot of things have been said about the possible origin or causes of the coronavirus. However, in contrast to the rumors which people are carrying around about how the disease was made by Chinese scientists or how the virus escaped from a Chinese lab, so many researches which has been conducted by various scientists in the world showed that the disease was not made in a lab.

Their findings revealed that the various activities of the virus in the human body do not suggest that it was created by any scientist. Also, the molecular structure of the coronavirus is not the same as any existing viruses. The various symptoms being produced by the coronavirus in people look very similar to those that are produced when someone is infected with MERS or SARS. These two diseases are also caused by viruses similar to coronavirus. Since the aforementioned diseases are caused by animals, scientists believe that coronavirus could be from the wild bat.

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O. Bickis

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O. Bickis, Corporate employee, MBA, Stockton

Answered Mar 30, 2020

There have been so many reports about where exactly did the novel comes from. Some reports stated that coronavirus seems like a bioweapon designed to frustrate China. The fact that we have witnessed two similar coronaviruses that came from wild bats in the last two decades is enough to say the new coronavirus is not manmade.

Other reports stated that the new coronavirus might have leaked from a Chinese laboratory accidentally. While this could be true, this has been no evidence to support it. However, most scientists believe that the origin of the new coronavirus might be from wild bats since the new coronavirus is similar to both SARS and Mers. Coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan, Chan.

Since then, thousands of people in that city have contracted the disease, and a total number of 127,147 deaths have been recorded as of 15th April, 2020. Currently, coronavirus is a global pandemic as it now in different countries of the world.

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