| It's hard to believe it's already been a year since the first cases of a mysterious pneumonia emerged among vendors at a seafood market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Despite huge advances since then in how we treat, beat and contain Covid-19, scientists are still struggling to discover the origins of the virus that's killed nearly 2 million people and brought the world to a standstill. Prior to its appearance at the market—which some media reported sold wild animals and their meat—very little is known about the pathogen. If it's related to a similar virus found in the horseshoe bats of China's Yunnan province and parts of Southeast Asia, how did it travel more than 1,000 miles to the bustling industrial metropolis of Wuhan? Epidemiologists hypothesize some kind of intermediary animal, like a weasel or mink, may have facilitated it to cross the species barrier and into people. Finding out with any certainty is typically painstaking work, and China is making it even more difficult. Experts from the World Health Organization haven't been allowed into Wuhan in 2020—they say they hope to get there this month—and state-controlled media have been pushing the line that the virus originally came into China via frozen food or packaging. China is also censoring domestic research into the issue, and has punished Australia on trade for lobbying for an independent investigation. Meanwhile, the country's success at quashing its outbreak has led to a victory narrative that slides past the origins of the virus, a posturing that prevents the kind of investigation that could help prevent future pandemics. Nowhere is that more evident than in Wuhan. I went there in mid-December and the sites related to the virus's source—the food market, the laboratory conspiracy theorists say the virus may have been intentionally leaked from—were hugely sensitive, with security and police warning us away. Meanwhile, they're already staging an historical exhibition that trumpets the role of President Xi Jinping and the Chinese system that's contained a virus still rampaging in the U.S., while ignoring early missteps.—Emma O'Brien | 
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