>>11482372>>11482372Okay, I'll give you that. I projected when I mentioned bats, that's fair. Before I continue, I must explain my posts. I wasn't trying to act as though Chinese culture is spared of criticism - if that is how you interpreted it, I failed. My apologies for that. I can't sugarcoat my posts all the way, however, I must admit fault. My motivation for attacking your suggesting to change Chinese culture was non-objective. I assumed your motivation was purely due to a conflict of interest surrounding contrasting cultures. I see now that you had your interest seated in sub-culture that surrounds eating exotic animals and the unsanitary practices that accompany them. Alright, I'll let it be known that I showed my self to be an idiot and I encourage the idea that that says constant for the remainder of this thread's discussion - if one can continue.
Paper:
This paper talks about the possible cause of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 (Title: "The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2")
It mentions two possible scenarios (labelled (i) and (ii), respectively).
>natural selection in an animal host before zoonotic transfer (i)>natural selection in humans following zoonotic transfer (ii)The paper states that there is a similarity of bat SARS-CoVs and (Human) SARS-CoV-2, however, that similarity is capped at 96% which concludes it may not efficiently bind to human ACE2. It does mention that bats likely serve as reservoir hosts. Should China practice standardised bat farming practices to ensure that they are less likely to serve as vectors for infection?
Later the paper mentions that the Malayan pangolins contain coronaviruses similar to SARS-CoV-2. These animals were illegally imported to Guangdong. I think a mildly basic solution would be to ensure stricter bio-security measures on Chinese provincial borders.
What do you think? The key to prevention in future is to understand how it occurred in the present.
