This study does not provide any additional strong evidence favoring either natural zoonosis or lab accident. Rather, it shows that there are additional sequences from relatively early in the outbreak that are still unknown, and in some cases have mutations that suggest they are probably evolutionarily older than the viruses from the Huanan Seafood Market.

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If more sequences came to light, especially from early time points, or archival samples elsewhere, everything could change once again, i think this is likely to happen.

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We really need to look hard and see if there is other early information about sequences that hasn’t been found, i intend to go through every early preprint I can find about SARS-CoV-2 and see if it describes any data that isn’t in the databases.

Jesse Bloom

When you see two groups independently arriving at same basic answer, that good -- there's more consonance that they are correct.

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