If the SARS-CoV-2 [source of COVID-19] entered humans in its current pathogenic form from an animal source, it raises the probability of future outbreaks, as the illness-causing strain of the virus could still be circulating in the animal population and might once again jump into humans. The chances are lower of a non-pathogenic coronavirus entering the human population and then evolving properties similar to SARS-CoV-2.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200317175442.htm
If the SARS-CoV-2 [source of COVID-19] entered humans in its current pathogenic form from an animal source, it raises the probability of future outbreaks, as the illness-causing strain of the virus could still be circulating in the animal population and might once again jump into humans. The chances are lower of a non-pathogenic coronavirus entering the human population and then evolving properties similar to SARS-CoV-2.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200317175442.htm