Who, what, where, when, and how are the questions regarding the coronavirus? This virus originates from a large family of different viruses, encompassing the common cold up to and including COVID-19. It is said that it all commenced with animals, was first detected in Wuhan, China, and was supposedly propagated through the sale of live killed animals in the wet markets.
The meats sold there can be of the specialty variety, and during the process of slaughtering, the virus travels from one animal to another and mutates. The mutation can, at times, include passing to human recipients.
Between the beginning and now, there has been SARS-CoV-2 (China) and MERS (Middle East). Some reports state that this originated with bats, and others believe pangolins are the culprit.