Everything you can do, nature can do better - The origin of SARS-CoV2
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine Tel Aviv University
By the end of 2019, a new virus emerged in Wuhan, China. This new virus (later known as SARS-CoV-2) had spread in a few months to become one of the biggest pandemics in history. Unlike the original SARS-CoV emergence, where the virus came from is still not fully resolved. This uncertainty initiated many theories about the source of the virus. In this talk, I will describe the current understanding about the origin of SARS-CoV-2 – the clear evidence supporting the natural zoonotic origin of this virus. Further, I will discuss the likelihood of new spillovers to emerge in the next few years.