evidence: Newly published evidence points to Wuhan seafood market as pandemic origin point [...] Scientists who weren't involved in the research papers have called the new data "very convincing" and a "blow" to the lab-leak theory — that the virus somehow escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which does research on coronaviruses. In reaction to the papers, they say the data tips the scales toward wildlife sold at the market. [...] You have to remember: Wuhan is a city of 11 million people. And the Huanan market is only 1 of 4 places in Wuhan that sold live animals susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, such as raccoon dogs.