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Lab-leak theories of Covid-19 political, unscientific, say experts
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Washington, June 2 : More experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) mission team to Wuhan to inquire into the origins of Covid-19 have expressed their disbelief that the virus escaped from a laboratory. The evidence right now, well, for the lab side, it s political: It s from an intel agency that s not been shown. That s not scientific, said WHO team member and zoologist Peter Daszak in a podcast last week, according to The Wall Street Journal on Monday. It s not something that you can really reasonably launch a major audit of.
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This week, President Biden directed his intelligence agencies to take another look at whether the coronavirus resulted from a lab accident in China. For many, the announcement felt like a big change, putting what had been a conspiracy theory about the virus s origins back on the table.
But not much has changed for Robert Garry, a microbiologist at Tulane University who has analyzed the genome of the coronavirus. Nothing s really tipped me or made me flip-flop or anything about it, he says. I m more convinced than ever that this is a natural virus.