A theory I saw about how COVID may have escaped from the Wuhan lab

One of the authors has posted a twitter thread explaining their findings.

If that’s still too long to read, then here is my very brief summation.

  • Even cases with no known link to the Huanan Market are still geographically centered around the Huanan Market.
  • The Huanan Market is the geographic epicenter of early cases.
  • Genetic data suggests lineage B jumped in late November and started to spread, and A jumped a week or two after B.
  • Positive environmental samples of SARS-CoV-2 were found in the Huanan Market on animal centered surfaces, such as cages.
  • Cases in the market were nearer to stalls selling live mammals.

Here is a picture.