Coronavirus Ponderings
It’s been quite awhile since I posted on the blog as I’ve done many more short posts on social media. This topic requires a bit more space so I thought I’d just fire up the blog and link to it As I’m sure you are aware there has been an absolute sense of panic over this new strain of Coronavirus and as with all infections, caution is always warranted. The situation scientifically is still rather fluid as we gain more information and I think it will be for the rest of the year. Several questions remain unanswered , such as , Where did it originate ?. Was it a typical species jump from close human / avian / bat/ “ pangolin” contact ( most likely... contact that is ,not the pangolin) or was it accidentally released from the lab in Wuhan .Note- labs in China have been cited for lower level employees selling lab animals to local “ wet markets” in the past to make some significant $$$ on the side. The lab in Wuhan is a BL4 lab tasked with working on novel viruses like SARS and