[ksaj]

Origin of Life is full of ultra-improbable coincidences. How do scientists in that field explain it?

"There is no weaker progenitor virus."

I've never heard a scientist dealing with any level of Complexity declare a negative fact before. Having not discovered a weaker progenitor doesn't preclude its existence. This type of statement ignores all comparisons made to the bat coronaviruses that have very much been part of the discussion.

I read some of your other replies and agree with some, and can at least see the point of a lot of them. But the grander wide-brush statements weaken those points.