NPR: Animal spillover? Lab leak? What the science says about the origins of COVID-19 Animal spillover?

Understanding the Context

Lab leak? What the science says about the origins of COVID-19 AOL: After years of debate, former COVID response coordinator acknowledges pandemic source 'probably a lab leak' Former Biden White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha revealed in a Sunday interview on CNN that he believes Covid-19 was likely caused by a lab leak. During the interview with CNN's ...

Key Insights

After years of debate, former COVID response coordinator acknowledges pandemic source 'probably a lab leak' Diary entries, released by a Republican senator, have reignited a furious debate over whether Covid-19 leaked from a lab. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg Sheryl Gay Stolberg covers health policy from ... AOL: The messages that show Covid scientists secretly suspected a lab leak Scientists who were instrumental in shutting down the Covid lab-leak theory admitted in private “we can’t rule it out”, newly released messages show. In March 2020, a group of influential virologists ... COVID-19 lab leak theory The Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China A highly controversial hypothesis holds that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, originated from a laboratory.

Final Thoughts

Lab-Leak Payback Has Begun Indictments, subpoenas, and debarments are hitting American scientists embroiled in the controversy over COVID’s origins. A clear look at the evidence behind COVID’s origins, comparing natural spillover and lab leak theories and why scientists still disagree. The rise and fall of the lab leak hypothesis for the origin of SARS-CoV-2 Two new studies were published last week that strongly support a natural zoonotic origin for COVID-19 centered at the wet market in Wuhan, China. Naturally, lab leak proponents soberly considered this new evidence and thought about changing their minds. Just kidding!