Frutos Roger, Gavotte Laurent, Devaux Christian A
Cirad, UMR 17, Intertryp, Montpellier, France.
Espace-Dev, université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Med Sci (Paris). 2022 Jun-Jul;38(6-7):600-607. doi: 10.1051/medsci/2022079. Epub 2022 Jun 29.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of the origin of this virus has been the subject of a vivid controversy. It is the question of the "origin" itself which is biased. Darwin showed that there is no determined origin to any animal or plant species, simply an evolutionary and selective process. The same is true for viruses, there is no origin, but an evolutionary process. Viruses circulate from host to host, animals or humans. Pandemic viruses are already circulating in humans and evolving before the onset of disease. This evolutionary process then continues and gives rise to successive variants. The solution is not to target the disease or the putative causative agent but rather to address the process of disease emergence.
自新冠疫情开始以来,这种病毒的起源问题一直是激烈争议的焦点。问题本身就存在偏差的是“起源”这一概念。达尔文指出,任何动植物物种都没有确定的起源,只有一个进化和选择的过程。病毒也是如此,不存在起源,只有进化过程。病毒在宿主之间传播,包括动物和人类。大流行病毒在疾病爆发前就已在人类中传播并进化。然后这个进化过程持续下去,产生一系列变体。解决办法不是针对疾病或假定的病原体,而是应对疾病出现的过程。