Molly Olmstead

staff writer at Slate

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COVID-19 may be linked to raccoon dogs that were illegally being sold at a seafood market in Wuhan, China. That’s according to a team of international researchers.

Raccoon dog: Culprit in COVID origin theory. What’s this animal?

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