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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4380982" data-attributes="member: 48469">The CDC&#039;s RRRRRRRRRRRRACISSSSSST take:<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/summary.html" target="_blank">Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)</a>&quot;CDC is responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China and which has now been detected in 37 locations internationally, including cases in the United States. The virus has been named “SARS-CoV-2” and the disease it causes has been named “coronavirus disease 2019” (abbreviated “COVID-19”).&quot;&quot;Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in many different species of animals, including camels, cattle, cats, and bats. Rarely, animal coronaviruses can infect people and then spread between people such as with <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/index.html" target="_blank">MERS-CoV</a>, <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/sars/index.html" target="_blank">SARS-CoV</a>, and now with this new virus (named SARS-CoV-2).The SARS-CoV-2 virus is a betacoronavirus, like MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV.&nbsp; All three of these viruses have their origins in bats. The sequences from U.S. patients are similar to the one that China initially posted, suggesting a likely single, recent emergence of this virus from an animal reservoir.Early on, many of the patients in the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China had some link to a large seafood and live animal market, suggesting animal-to-person spread. Later, a growing number of patients reportedly did not have exposure to animal markets, indicating person-to-person spread.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4380982, member: 48469"] The CDC's RRRRRRRRRRRRACISSSSSST take: [URL="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/summary.html"]Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)[/URL] "CDC is responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China and which has now been detected in 37 locations internationally, including cases in the United States. The virus has been named “SARS-CoV-2” and the disease it causes has been named “coronavirus disease 2019” (abbreviated “COVID-19”)." "Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in many different species of animals, including camels, cattle, cats, and bats. Rarely, animal coronaviruses can infect people and then spread between people such as with [URL='https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/index.html']MERS-CoV[/URL], [URL='https://www.cdc.gov/sars/index.html']SARS-CoV[/URL], and now with this new virus (named SARS-CoV-2). The SARS-CoV-2 virus is a betacoronavirus, like MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV. All three of these viruses have their origins in bats. The sequences from U.S. patients are similar to the one that China initially posted, suggesting a likely single, recent emergence of this virus from an animal reservoir. Early on, many of the patients in the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China had some link to a large seafood and live animal market, suggesting animal-to-person spread. Later, a growing number of patients reportedly did not have exposure to animal markets, indicating person-to-person spread." [/QUOTE]

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