Star virologist Drosten has his own theory about the origin of the corona virus
The renowned German virologist Christian Drosten sees the path via the fur industry as the most plausible of the various hypotheses on the origin of Sars-CoV-2. This is what the Berlin researcher told the Swiss online magazine “Republik”.
“I have no evidence for this, except for the clearly proven origin of Sars-1, and this is a virus of the same species. Viruses of the same species do the same things and often have the same origin, ”said Drosten.
In 2002 and 2003, a wave of infections emanating from China resulted in around 800 deaths worldwide. The condition has been called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars). The Sars-CoV-2 pathogen, which was detected for the first time at the end of 2019, is very closely related to the virus at the time.
With the first Sars virus, the transitional hosts were raccoon dogs and crawling cats, said Drosten. “That is certain.” In China, raccoon dogs are still widely used in the fur industry. Wild raccoon dogs that may have previously eaten bats – which are considered to be the most likely origin of Sars-CoV-2 – are repeatedly brought into the breeding farms. “Raccoon dogs and crawling cats are lively pulled over their ears,” the Charité virologist explained. They emit death screams and roar, and aerosols are created in the process. Humans can then become infected with the virus. “
