The Wuhan lab leak theory is more about politics than science

Whatever this week ’s Biden review finds, the cause of the pandemic lies in the destruction of animal habitatsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIf Joe Biden ’s security staff are up to the mark, a new report on the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic will be placed on the president’s desk this week. Histeam was given 90 days in Mayto review the virus ’s origins after several US scientists indicated they were no longer certain about the source of Sars-CoV-2.It will be intriguing to learn how Biden ’s team answers the critically important questions that still surround the origins of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. Did it emerge because ofnatural viral spillovers from bats to another animal and then into humans? Or did it leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology? And, if so, had it been enhanced to make it especially virulent?Continue reading...
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