severe variant? not at all. nor is any nation for that matter, erin. what we re learning about this particular virus is it s going to be with us forever finding new forms and mover, it s just one of many if you just look back since the turn of the century, we had ebola and sars and zika and west nile, one after another. we re facing a cascade of new viruses because of our encroach 7 ment for sanctuaries for animals and global warming chasing animals out of the habitat and this margin for sieve vags and t civilization is a focus for these new diseases. so in your book, you dedicate an entire chapter to the virus origins including discuss the lab leak about the wuhan lab. you noted that the scientific
says? well, i think the fringe part was the bioterrorism part, that it could come from a laboratory by accident is a quite reasonable idea. i think it came from nature. why? because two coronaviruses have done that before, sars and mers, and then there are a lot of other viruses that have gone from the end of the world to humans, hiv, influenza. we also have had ebola do that and zika, west nile virus. there s a list of them. i am inclined to nature, but it is an open question and i wish the chinese were more transparent so we could finally put this discussion to rest. all right. dr. william schaffner, thank you so much. thank you. texas democrats stage a late night walkout over a bill they say is inspired by trump s election lies. did it work?
we learned some new reporting this week that raised questions about whether the virus spread from a lab in china. president biden wants to see a report in 90 days. how could a report like that help in the fight against the virus, or perhaps a similar virus in the future? obviously, everybody around the world would like some clarification. we would like to understand this. scientifically, we with like to understand this. was this a laboratory accident or was it, as i m inclined to believe, mother nature? after all, two previous coronaviruses have jumped species. then there s a host of other viruses that come from the animal kingdom. hiv, influenza, zika, west nile, ebola. the list goes on and on. don t underestimate mother nature. it sounds like you are confident the virus came from an
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