我也粗粗读了一遍学术文章的原文。学术文章的作者并没有直接说研究的启示之一是病毒可能早先从中国传出去。但是那个报纸的记者把自己的立场加了进去。
学术文章原文的结尾是这个: Our results indicate that SARS-CoV-2 circulated in Italy earlier than the first official COVID-19 cases were diagnosed in Lombardy, even long before the first official reports from the Chinese authorities, casting new light on the onset and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic