WET MARKET Definition & Meaning

wet market

[ wet mahr-kit ]

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noun

(especially in China and Southeast Asia) a usually open-air market selling perishable food, as meat, seafood, vegetables, and fruit, and often live animals slaughtered on-site.

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Origin of wet market¹

First recorded in 1975–80

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Most scientists today believe the COVID-19 pandemic began at a Chinese wet market, with the coronavirus in question likely originating from a bat.

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Others are more lighthearted, like how to shop at a wet market or how to feed the Gods.

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Restaurant worker Dong went to a wet market in central Beijing around lunchtime on Thursday, but did not buy anything.

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“Besides adding no new information, the DNI appears more interested in equity than in facts. The report provides no facts that support the ‘wet market’ theory other than what was reported in Chinese Communist Party propaganda media outlets.”

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Those who support the leak theory have noted the WIV is just 40 minutes from the Huanan wet market, where the first cluster of Covid infections emerged late in 2019.

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