Most wet markets do not trade in wild or exotic animals, and are indistinguishable from a farmers' market. However, those that do have been linked to outbreaks of zoonotic diseases. One such market, the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, was believed to have played a role in the COVID-19 pandemic, although investigations into whether the virus originated from non-market sources are ongoing as of April 2020. Wet markets were banned from holding wildlife in China in 2003, after the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak which was directly tied to those practices. Such regulations were lifted before being implemented again in 2020, with other countries proposing similar bans. Media reports that fail to distinguish between all wet markets and those with live animals or wildlife, as well as insinuations of fostering wildlife smuggling, have been blamed for fueling Sinophobia related to the COVID-19 pandemic.