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by lamontcg 1913 days ago
> came from caves 900km away

The known RaTG13 sample came from caves 900km away and was 96% similar.

That viruses existence does not preclude the existence of a 99% similar sarbecovirus in the bats in Hubei.

Sarbecoviruses do exist in Rhinolophus bats in Hubei:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/FJ588692