This article was first published on the 27th of March 2020 by Patrick Carpen.
Last updated: March 28, 2020 at 11:04 am
The theory that the coronavirus passed to humans via a woman who had eaten bat soup has been debunked as a myth. However, there is still worldwide speculation that the virus may have been transmitted to humans in the wildlife market in Wuhan, China.
Chinese have been known to eat everything from snakes to bats to dogs, and in many parts of the world, that is considered a despicable aspect of Chinese culture. But the peculiar practice of an exotic people is not the cause for concern here. The cause for concern is whether these practices are endangering the lives of other humans, and particularly, if the “despicable” practice of eating bats and snakes have led to the worldwide pandemic that is now causing worldwide suffering and death.
Although a Business Insider Report dated 10th of February 2020 stated that the coronavirus is zoonotic, which means it jumped from animals to humans, a later report from NBC, dated March 18, stated that the origins of the virus is still a mystery to health officials. Yes, it may have originated in the wildlife market in Wuhan in the Hubei province of China, but there is no scientific evidence to confirm even that.
Furthermore, the myth that spiraled out of control from a video of a woman eating bat soup has been debunked. That video was not even shot in China, and there is no scientific evidence that the virus came from bats.
Presently, there are only speculations of how the virus originated, and while there is no scientific evidence that prove anything, one theory is that it originated from wildlife in Wuhan’s wet market, while another is that it is a biological weapon.
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