Quote Originally Posted by Cheesenugget View Post
Snakes is used mostly for wine. It is believed the wine will boost your health, especially for the sick or weak. The meat is sometimes eaten but they are best used stuffed inside a bottle and made into wine. This, among many other animals used in the Chinese medicine industry, has been practiced for centuries. So I am not surprised at all or doubt this is how the virus would spread.
Interesting. I don't think a virus would last long in wine due to the alcohol content though.

Usually virii are transmitted via droplets of saliva or mucous from an infected host that we touch, and then we rub our own eye or nose. So, perhaps someone handled an infected critter and picked it up that way.