[phartenfeller]

Thanks for sharing this. For no expert in this field like me, peer-reviewed articles in a highly regarded publication like Science Magazine eliminated the lab theory. But I guess trust in science is unfortunately not as big as it was. And some people are biased as they want some theory to be true.

[forgotpwd16]

Here're some interesting parts from paper's concluding section.

>These findings suggest that infected animals were present at the Huanan market at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic; however, we do not have access to any live animal samples from relevant species. Additional information, including sequencing data and detailed sampling strategy, would be invaluable to test this hypothesis comprehensively.

>The sustained presence of a potential source of virus transmission into the human population in late 2019, plausibly from infected live mammals sold at the Huanan market, offers an explanation of our findings and the origins of SARS-CoV-2.

It doesn't eliminate or prove anything. Only makes a case that zoosis is a good hypothesis.