Another Group of Scientists Calls for Further Inquiry Into Origins of the Coronavirus
Researchers urge an open mind, saying lack of evidence leaves theories of natural spillover and laboratory leak both viable.
Bats being collected for research and analysis in Guandong Province, China, in 2019. “Theories of accidental release from a lab and zoonotic spillover both remain viable,” scientists wrote.Credit.EcoHealth Alliance
May 13, 2021Updated 2:33 p.m. ET
A group of 18 scientists stated Thursday in a letter published in the journal Science that there is not enough evidence to decide whether a natural origin or an accidental laboratory leak caused the Covid-19 pandemic.
James Gorman and Carl Zimmer, The New York Times
Published: 14 May 2021 01:51 AM BdST
Updated: 14 May 2021 01:51 AM BdST A photo provided by EcoHealth Alliance shows researchers collecting samples from bats for analysis in Guangdong province, China, in April 2019. A group of 18 scientists stated Thursday, May 13, 2021, in a letter published in the journal Science that there is not enough evidence to decide whether a natural origin or an accidental laboratory leak caused the COVID-19 pandemic. (EcoHealth Alliance via The New York Times)
A group of 18 scientists stated Thursday in a letter published in the journal Science that there is not enough evidence to decide whether a natural origin or an accidental laboratory leak caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
After a year of being browbeaten by THE SCIENTISTS not to wear a mask, to wear a mask, to wear double masks, to get vaccinated and still wear a mask, our analytic overlords are still no closer to determining the tiny little issue of where this virus came from.
Recently, the widely respected science writer Nicholas Wade published an article in Medium pushing the idea that â contrary to what âthe scientistsâ assured us â COVID-19 might have come from the Wuhan virology lab, not the wet markets.
According to Wade, the virologists attacking the lab theory were claiming scientific certainty for something unknowable, and at least one of them has a gigantic conflict of interest. Even at a time when âTRUST THE SCIENCE!â has become a liberal mating call, Iâm shocked at the deceptions of these guys.
Several experts have suggest that the double mutant variant accelerated India s second Covid wave.
NEW DELHI: Many variants of the Covid-19 virus are in circulation in India and other parts of the world.
Viruses mutate all the time as part of the evolutionary biology. Since its outbreak last year, Covid-19 virus too has undergone several changes in its genetic code. While some mutations have weakened it, others have made it stronger, i.e., more infectious.
Experts have said that the massive surge in cases during India s second wave was triggered predominantly by the double-mutant variant found in the country. This variant has now surfaced in other parts of the world as well.