The origin of SARS-CoV-2

[George K]

https://retractionwatch.com/2020/09/08/covid-19-arrived-on-a-meteorite-claims-elsevier-book-chapter/

[Mik]

So he is not a big believer in evolution, eh?

[jon-nyc]

The corresponding author is Chandra Wickramasinghe, who has form in this area, having claimed two decades ago that flu also came from space — an idea roundly criticized as bunk. He has also claimed that SARS — an earlier coronavirus — had the same origins. Ditto.

Well, at lease he's an equal-opportunity fabulist.

[Loki]

Is this a recommendation for some new Netflix series?

[Doctor Phibes]

He's a former student of famous astronomer and supporter of controversial theories, Fred Hoyle, who also said some illnesses were extra-terrestrial.

[Loki]

If coronaviruses have existed for a long time and this one looks a lot like other viruses, why would one think Covid 19 hitched a ride on meteorite landing Oct 11,2019?

Did the other coronaviruses come from a much earlier meteorite?