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I believe DNA studies have linked the origin to bats in the area of wuhan


That isn't true. The bats that it mostly likely come from are in China - but in Southern China about 1000 miles from Wuhan.


What species? What is their range? Do they migrate?


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In Russia, virus lab had major incident at Sep 16 2019. Paint job caused blast and fire, so responders come in to fight fire and STOLE SOME EQUIPMENT FROM LEVEL 4 VIRUS LAB, which was caught on video here: https://youtu.be/_w7SAeNcXA8?t=63 (look at man in uniform in background).


Almost correct. The "lab" was actually doing corona virus research, and funded by the US govt.

Corona is so contagious, that combined with Wuhan being an international airport that connects to Shanghai, the #8 international airport in the world, this was the perfect storm for a pandemic.


If by "funded by the US govt" you mean funded primarily by the Chinese government, with additional funding provided by the US and EU, due to the nature of the lab's work...

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52318539




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