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Most pandemic viruses don’t need "special" evolution to infect humans—they are already "pre-equipped" in the wild. While SARS-CoV-2 shows a purely natural signature, new genomic analysis confirms the 1977 H1N1 flu was likely a lab leak, providing a new framework to trace future outbreaks.


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