We want to know where COVID came from. But it's too soon to expect miracles
This means we could better predict when and where spillover is likely to occur in the future.Understanding the underlying processes would also help us devise strategies to either reduce the risk of wildlife diseases transferring to humans, or to nip spillover in the bud before an epidemic or pandemic occurs.This is all very hard, but predictably so In the case of SARS-CoV-2, some people say scientists inability so far to identify the source wildlife population and to definitely say how the virus entered human populations suggests the virus originated in a laboratory.