A coronavirus epidemic hit 20k years ago, new study finds

hulitu wrote: post #4

nradov wrote: post #3

Another coronavirus epidemic probably hit 132 years ago. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7252012/

And another 10000 years ago. They found some human and bat remains in a cave.

Next, they brought them to Wuhan for analysis. /s

Re: A coronavirus epidemic hit 20k years ago, new study finds

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Post by williesleg » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 5:49 PM UTC

Of course! It's on the internet it's true! Yay China!

Re: A coronavirus epidemic hit 20k years ago, new study finds

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Post by oumua_don17 » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 5:52 PM UTC

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #5

cant read. paywalled

https://archive.is/L0yoj Not paywalled

Re: A coronavirus epidemic hit 20k years ago, new study finds

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Post by tasogare » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 5:59 PM UTC

> The finding could have dire implications for the Covid-19 pandemic if it’s not brought under control soon through vaccination.

> “What is going on right now might be going on for generations and generations.”

> Covid-19, SARS and MERS. Studies on each of these coronaviruses indicate that they jumped into our species from bats or other mammals.

Hard to take seriously an article having such an obvious agenda.

Re: A coronavirus epidemic hit 20k years ago, new study finds

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Post by nonameiguess » Fri, Jun 25, 2021, 6:01 PM UTC

People keep posting archive links to "non-paywalled" copies, but the study itself has freely available full-text not behind a paywall. No need to read the NY Times at all. Just go straight to the source: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)...