Tag Archive: Lab leak
If You Study Hundreds of Bat Viruses at Biosafety Level 2, “Your Luck May Eventually Run Out”, Says Coronavirus Expert
Ralph Baric is one of the world's leading coronavirus experts. In a recent interview with the MIT Technology Review he said, “If you study hundreds of different bat viruses at BSL-2, your luck may eventually run out.”
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U.S. Congressmen’s Report: The “Preponderance of Evidence Proves” the Virus Leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology
A report from Republicans on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee of the U.S. Congress has said the "preponderance of evidence proves" the virus leaked from the WIV "sometime before September 12th, 2019".
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Editor-in-Chief of The BMJ Says Lab Leak Is “Plausible and Worthy of Serious Inquiry”
Last February, The Lancet published a letter signed by 27 scientists calling the lab leak a "conspiracy theory". Now the Editor-in-Chief of The BMJ has said the lab leak is "plausible and worthy of serious inquiry".
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Authors of Lancet Letter Welcome Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins, but Don’t Apologise for Calling Lab Leak a “Conspiracy Theory”
The authors of the Lancet letter from last February have penned a new letter for that journal. However, they mischaracterise the lab leak theory, and don't apologise for calling it a "conspiracy theory".
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New York Times Article Lays Out Circumstantial Evidence for Lab Leak Theory
As a recent NYT article notes, nearly every case of SARS since the first outbreak has been due to lab leaks. There have been "six incidents in three countries, including twice in a single month from a lab in Beijing".
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Chinese Scientists Deleted Almost 50 Test Samples from Covid Patients in Wuhan That Suggested Virus was Circulating Before Seafood Market Outbreak
Chinese scientists have deleted dozens of test samples from patients in Wuhan from an international database used to track the evolution of Covid, in an "obscure" move that some say acts as proof of the lab leak theory.
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Government Does Not Believe in Lab Leak Theory, Says Dominic Raab
The Government believes that on the "balance of probabilities", Covid did not leak from a lab, according to Dominic Raab. The Foreign Secretary says it is more likely that the virus "jumped" from animals to humans.
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WHO Chief Says Lab Leak Theory Remains “Open” as G7 Leaders Discuss Covid Origins
G7 leaders discussed the origins of Covid on Saturday as the Chief of the WHO said that all hypotheses – including the lab leak theory – remain “open”.
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COVID-19 Virus has a Genetic Feature Never Found in Nature that Lab Scientists Use to Track Engineered Viruses
SARS-CoV-2 has a genetic feature that has never been observed in natural SARS-like viruses, but which is the preferred feature for scientists engineering viruses. Is this the smoking gun for a gain-of-function lab leak?
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We Should Welcome the Lab Leak Theory, Argues Biologist
In a recent article, Bret Weinstein argues that we should welcome the lab leak theory. This is because, if it turns out to be true, we know how to prevent future pandemics of this kind. Simple: ban the research.
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