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What we've got wrong about China's 'wet markets' and their link to COVID-19

Customers select "la rou", a cured pork delicacy, at a market ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, January 2020,

Wet market or wildlife market ... recent media commentary has confused the two. Image: Reuters/Jason Lee

Peter Beech
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