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Why did SARS and MERS and Coronavirus outbreaks start in China?

Update:

Sorry, Mers did not start in China but Middle East

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  • Chinese people.

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    That's where flu originates.

  • 1 year ago

    Living closely with wild animals , also being superstitious about what the meat or body parts of these animals can do. Known as TDC that in some instances has proven to work, likely psychosomatic. Mutations of animal virus jumping from say snake to bat to human. These viruses are new to Humankind we have no immunity hence the amount of deaths of late. There are some who lay claims to wrong doings in some Labs, this has to be B.S. seeing as the latest Coronavirus has been sort of reverse engineered to find where its DNA originated. Then again I like many others just regurgitate what we read or what were told, I believe the Animal Mutation fits and that viral terrorism population control is BullSh17. in this situation...

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    H5N1 appeared in China and North America at the same time, the China variant was high pathogenicity, the American was low pathogenicity, both were virulent and dangerous.

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  • 1 year ago

    Bruce Ivins committed suicide. He was guaranteed the right to fair hearing under American law.

    Really hope they have traditional Americans handling this and not those vying for powers that allow gov to avoid scrutiny by the people. Otherwise, it is just a ploy to guarantee gov control of dissent and legal review. 

    Panic is not the equivalent of reason or retaliation.

    https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/comment...

  • 1 year ago

    There is a larger number of people in China than anywhere else. 

  • Anonymous
    1 year ago

    China is the cradle of civilization . 

  • Kieth
    Lv 7
    1 year ago

    Because the Chinese eat soup made from disease carrying bats.

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