Name: Circular arguments on the origin of SARS-CoV-2
Creator: Bahry, David
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, ascertainment bias, COVID-19, molecular clock, 14. Life underwater, Huanan Seafood Market, 3. Good health

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 23 Aug 2022Publisher:Zenodo

Authors: Bahry, David;

doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7016123 , 10.5281/zenodo.7016124 , 10.5281/zenodo.7016143

Circular arguments on the origin of SARS-CoV-2

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Abstract

Two recent papers, by Worobey et al. (2022) and Pekar et al. (2022), argue that SARS-CoV-2 emerged from wildlife sold in the Huanan Seafood Market (HSM) with lineages A and B spilling over separately, against alternatives such as a lab accident. Yet they give circular arguments, relying on data itself non-randomly sampled under local authorities’ initial—understandable—assumption of a HSM origin.

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SARS-CoV-2, ascertainment bias, COVID-19, molecular clock, Huanan Seafood Market

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