I Was on WHO’s China Team Investigating COVID’s Origin. Here’s What We Learned Yes, it likely originated in animals. No the ‘wet market’ was not likely the source — nor was it created in a lab. Dominic Dwyer 22 Feb 2021 | The Conversation Dominic Dwyer is a medical virologist and infectious diseases physician and director of New South Wales health pathology and the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research in Sydney, Australia. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. SHARES Wuhan’s wet market, like other busy markets in the city, could hasten transmission of COVID-19. But it does not appear to be the source.