Sorry Paul , typo I should have proof read better ,
Research has found links between the SARS virus and the latest corona virus Our structural analyses confidently predict that the Wuhan coronavirus uses ACE2 as its host receptor," the investigators wrote. That and several other structural details of the new virus are consistent with the ability of the Wuhan coronavirus to infect humans and with some capability to transmit among humans.
"Alarmingly, our data predict that a single mutation [at a specific spot in the genome] could significantly enhance [the Wuhan coronavirus's] ability to bind with human ACE2," the investigators write. For this reason, Wuhan coronavirus evolution in patients should be closely monitored for the emergence of novel mutations at the 501 position in its genome, and to a lesser extent, the 494 position, in order to predict the possibility of a more serious outbreak than has been seen so far.
The research is published in the Journal of Virology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. The study provides the basic, translational and public health research communities with predictive insights that may help study and battle this novel coronavirus.
bear in mind that the Spanish flu was thought to originate in the trenches of WW1 brought about by close association of pigs , birds and humans in unhygienic conditions , it was then spread worldwide by returning soldiers and killed up to 50 million people, for some unknown reason most of those worst affected were young 20-40 .
In the Wuhan market they put people and live animals awaiting slaughter for human consumption all in close proximity. The animals reportedly included wolves, pigs , bats ,chickens snakes, civet cats and dogs. This made it easy for a virus to jump from animals to humans . What could possibly go wrong with that scenario ?
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