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We discovered a coronavirus similar to the covid-19 virus 7 years ago

We discovered a coronavirus similar to the covid-19 virus 7 years ago

12 February 2020

The covid-19 virus is similar to a coronavirus detected in bats in China back in 2013, but we failed to act on the warnings of those who studied it

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