To my understanding, there are Coronaviruses in US bats (not sure about OR and WA), but not closely related to SARS-CoV (1 or 2). Here is an article about it:
There may be some other papers on the subject, I do not know. I discuss this in my Coronavirus lecture on my YouTube channel, (YouTube.com/c/KenStedman) if you are interested in more details.
-Ken Stedman
On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 12:02 PM wrote:
Dr. Stedman,Considering your statement that COVID-19 originated in bats from China, is it possible that Oregon and Washington bats carry similar viruses?