Wednesday, May 6, 2020

How did coronavirus break out? Theories abound as researchers race to solve genetic detective story

https://www.wdrb.com/news/coronavirus/how-did-coronavirus-break-out-theories-abound-as-researchers-race-to-solve-genetic-detective-story/article_79c2190c-787b-11ea-994a-e33e39161b57.html


Another potentially explosive theory -- first posed by two Chinese researchers in early February and amplified by Fox News host Tucker Carlson on March 31 -- holds that the origin traces back to an accident in one of two labs near the Wuhan market that work with bats.

Most of the experts interviewed for this story discounted the theory -- whose progenitors reportedly withdrew their paper -- saying it wasn't supported by evidence.
The theory has also been strenuously denied by the Chinese government and one of the labs.
But one expert, a chemical biology professor and bioweapons expert at Rutgers University, has suggested to several media outlets that the lab-accident theory has credence.
"The possibility that the virus entered humans through a laboratory accident cannot and should not be dismissed," Dr. Richard Ebright told CNN in an email Sunday.
 

8 comments:

  1. Kalonymus HaQatanMay 6, 2020 at 12:07 PM

    A month ago. The narrative was wet market. Today it's 50/50 either way.

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  2. So?!

    So, while the pandemic didn't start in a lab this time as far as we know, it COULD have, and we need to think about that real carefully.

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  3. that sounds reasonable which is what in fact is happening except for Trump, Pompeo and Fox News who claim to know the answer

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  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dChlXs7WTA&list=LL&index=30&t=0s

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  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhZETbXCqCM&list=LL&index=29&t=0s

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  6. https://youtu.be/XMkZ5_BZ7rM?list=LL

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  7. https://youtu.be/kgnBldI7KPY

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