A rumor about the coronavirus claims that it is the result of an expiring patent filed in the United States and that its spread is intended to sell vaccines. In reality, this patent does not concern the current coronavirus baptized “2019-nCoV”, but the SARS-CoV responsible for SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, in 2002 and there is currently no vaccine to fight against this epidemic. . Another believes, without formal proof, that the virus comes from the consumption of a Chinese dish: bat soup. Even if the animal track is at the heart of research conducted on the origins of this virus, other animals are suspected as the snake, says an article in the Journal of Medical Virology published Wednesday January 22.
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