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'What doctors eventually found inside the sample — inside the baby's respiratory tract — has fueled a shift in scientists' understanding of how pandemics begin and made them reconsider the way they search for new threatening viruses. It has made them realize there could be an easier, more efficient way to find viruses like SARS-CoV-2 before they evolve into a global nightmare.'
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/15/1152892721/how-to-stop-pandemics
@cyrilpedia TL/DR: they found a dog Coronavirus, and it seems that similar spillovers happen all of the time all over the world; but most spread poorly in people.
Knowing how common this is can help monitoring for spillovers that can spread more effectively in people.
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🙏🏻 Thanks for this very interesting text!