Lab Leak or Not? How Politics Shaped the Battle Over Covid’s Origin
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A lab leak was once dismissed by many as a conspiracy theory. But the idea is gaining traction, even as evidence builds that…
A lab leak was once dismissed by many as a conspiracy theory. But the idea is gaining traction, even as evidence builds that…
Contrary to conclusions by the Department of Energy and the FBI, the science on the pandemic's origins stacks up in favor of a…
Two new studies build on evidence that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 jumped to humans in a Wuhan market, and did so twice.
A couple of weeks ago, three scientific studies were released on preprint servers (meaning they haven’t yet been peer-reviewed)…
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Alina Chan's book with Matt Ridley on the Origins of COVID-19 is finally out. It is a very informative read!
The Wuhan Institute of Virology studied the coronaviruses found in bats from Laos in the months before the Covid pandemic broke…
Creating dangerous viruses in the lab is a bad way to guard against future pandemicsBy Laura H. Kahn | November 19, 2021USAID…
A close analysis of Wuhan's earliest COVID-19 cases points to a live-animal market as the most likely source of the novel…
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The modern era is increasingly defined by a pandemic of conspiracy and misinformation. It is unsurprising that this…
Alina Chan suggested last year that the coronavirus was “pre-adapted” to humans. Critical reaction was swift and harsh.
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After the lab-leak theory, US-Chinese relations head downhillBy Yanzhong Huang | July 16, 2021The combative Chinese Ministry…
A World Health Organization-led team studying the origins of Covid-19 has drawn their attention to the case of a mysterious…
Lindsay Beyerstein explores an issue that has vexed many of us recently: why is it so hard for people to believe that COVID-19…
A group of scientists who infamously rejected the theory that Covid leaked from a Wuhan lab have doubled down on their claim in…
Lindsay Beyerstein has a very through piece arguing that while the lab leak origin story for COVID-19 is possible, it’s also…
Secret intelligence reports are offering up answers to three big scientific mysteries — but the speculation doesn't always…
“I think it's certainly consistent with an attempt to hide the sequences,” said the researcher, whose Internet sleuthing has…
Due to unanswered questions into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, both the U.S. government and scientists have called…
Over a year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s still unclear exactly how it began. Dr. Jesse Bloom, an evolutionary…
Amid the heavily politicised debate, a lot of evidence now points to a natural spillover event – but other causes cannot be…
“The science around the lab leak theory hasn’t changed. But here’s why some scientists have.” That’s how NBC headlinedthis…
The “lab leak” hypothesis about the origin of Covid-19 has been getting a lot of attention lately, and deservedly so. This is…
The department’s former senior official on nonproliferation says he intervened to prevent the US government from “embarrassing…
The department’s former senior official on nonproliferation says he intervened to prevent the US government from “embarrassing…
Understanding the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is a linchpin for future pandemic prevention.
A lab leak theory of the COVID-19 origins has enough circumstantial evidence and historical basis to support the urgent need…
A new publication, Cultural Cognition and Ideological Framing Influence Communication About Zoonotic Disease in the Era of COVID…
Marilyn J. Roossinck, Penn…
The theory that the coronavirus was caused by a laboratory leak in Wuhan must be taken seriously until there is a rigorous data-l…
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been allegations that SARS-CoV-2 could have originated in a Chinese lab. A…
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Separating the conspiracy theory from the science.
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Jonathan Cook"Our understanding of the origins of Covid has been narratively managed over the past 15 months and is still being…
A year ago, the idea that Covid-19 leaked from a lab in Wuhan – a short distance from the wet market that is usually claimed to…
Did COVID-19 escape from a lab? It's worth exploring that possibility, but the U.S. needs also to examine its own pandemic…
Még az elmúlt napok unalmasnak és hétköznapinak aligha nevezhető eseményei között is előkelő helyet tudtak kivívni maguknak a…
There's a difference between 'designed in a lab' and 'lab accident'.
The facts have not really changed even if the conversation has.
Both sides in the ‘natural versus manmade’ debate remain deadlocked as the search for the source of Sars-CoV-2 goes onJoe Biden…
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As the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States abates, debates about the virus’s origins – and speculation that it came from a…
Qué pasa, ¿qué ahora todos se han vuelto negacionistas y conspiranoicos? El pasado 14 de mayo, un grupo de científicos de…
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Many scientists welcomed President Biden’s call for a more rigorous investigation of a virus lab in Wuhan, China, though they…
Many scientists welcomed President Biden’s call for a more rigorous investigation of a virus lab in Wuhan, China, though they…
Gli Stati Uniti intendono sfruttare tutte le risorse a loro disposizione per individuare al più presto l’origine del nuovo…
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The directive came as health officials and scientists have renewed calls for a more rigorous examination.
BY FRED GUTERL Source LinkSenator Rand Paul went on the attack in the Senate chambers earlier this week over the origins of the…
Further doubts over the actual origin of the novel coronavirus.
Reposted from Dr. Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. Posted on May 23, 2021 by curryja by Judith…
Reposted from Dr. Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. Posted on May 23, 2021 by curryja by Judith Curry The concerning saga of the…
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Was it the widely read essay by science writerNicholas Wadearguing that a leak is the most plausible explanation that swayed him?
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When it all started more than one year ago, it was evident we had been (literally) caught in an event that was going to change…
I’m going to regret writing about this, but it’s not a topic to be ignored. Where did the current coronavirus come from? If you…
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An article by former NYT science reporter Donald McNeil suggests that the answer is likely yes: Despite constantly rising…
"La presencia de grandes reservorios de virus similares al SARS-CoV-1 en murciélagos de herradura, junto con la cultura del sur…
Helen Clark-led Covid-19 independent review panel criticises China…
In books and movies it is often a good plot point for a disease (or monster) to escape, accidentally or with assistance, from a…
On 30 December 2019, the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases notified the world about a pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan…
In a letter in the journal Science, 18 prominent biologists -- including the world's foremost coronavirus researcher -- are…
The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an…
The origin of the novel coronavirus is still unclear and the theory that it was caused by a laboratory leak needs to be taken…
Researchers from a number of top universities have written a letter saying the theories that COVID-19 had escaped from a Wuhan…
The origin of the novel coronavirus is still unclear and there is not yet enough evidence to say conclusively if it occurred…
Scientists are urging their colleagues to dig deeper into the origins of the coronavirus behind the pandemic, including the…