Pathogenesis and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in golden hamsters

Someone knew, and then... kept it secret by publishing it in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2342-5 There was no particular secret here; that it can infect various animals has been known for a long time.

For anyone who has doubt about her qualification on Covid-19, she is co-first-author (one of 3 equal contributing first authors) of Nature article "Pathogenesis and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in golden hamsters"[0] She is also the actual first author of this paper "Antibody Profiles in Mild and Severe Cases of COVID-19"[1] The 2nd paper was submitted by her, accepted after she had left Hongkong, so other authors removed her name from the paper, but I guess they still had a little bit of decency left, they acknowledged her (as Scarlett Yan) at the end of paper. This paper, according to a researcher who developed the cocktail covid drug at Regeneron, was very informative and helpful to covid drug and vaccine development. [0] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2342-5 [1] https://academic.oup.com/clinchem/article/66/8/1102/5855668

This person has real credentials, she co-authored paper on COVID-19 that was published in Nature magazine: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2342-5