My theories about the origins of SARS/CoV-2. We know that only two species carried this up until sept 2019. Asian bats and pangolins are the only species to carry the variant that was identified at the start of pandalerium. Even though pangolin trade does happen, it’s low probability of species jump, as pangolin is dried and cured to increase male virility or whatever.

IMHO I think a cat, ate a bat, then covid made the species jump between cat and human. Where this occurred? Most likely not the Wuhan wet market, as noted by RNA analysis. It was closer to the Chinese coast.

Why do I think this? My cats (x3 of them) got sick with upper respiratory symptoms within days of me getting sick with covid. It is proven cats can become infected with the same virus we can. 2 tigers in New York zoo, 7 other feline species contracted covid in March /April during the spike in New York. Anecdotal, yes. Suspect, yes. I think the household pet transmission vehicle is highly probable.