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Hamish McCallum, Director, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University

We want to know where COVID came from. But it’s too soon to expect miracles

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About two years into the pandemic, we’re still trying to find where and how it all started. Only last week, we heard bats in Laos may hold a clue about the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID.

Our interest in viral origins, especially pandemic viruses, is understandable. But we need to remember one key lesson from history. It can take years to pin down their animal source.

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