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WASHINGTON--Once dismissed by most public health experts and government officials, the hypothesis th

Christina Larson And Nomaan Merchant People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus visit a shopping mall in Beijing, Sunday, June 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) June 08, 2021 - 9:17 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — Once dismissed by most public health experts and government officials, the hypothesis that COVID-19 leaked accidentally from a Chinese lab is now receiving scrutiny under a new U.S. investigation. Experts say the 90-day review ordered on May 26 by President Joe Biden will push American intelligence agencies to collect more information and...

Once dismissed by most public health experts and government officials, the hypothesis that COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab is now receiving scrutiny under a new U.S. investigation

Virologists also say it is unlikely that any definitive answer about virus origins will be possible in 90 days. The work to fully confirm origins and pathways of past viruses — such as the first SARS or HIV/AIDS — has taken years or decades. A look at what is known about the U.S. investigation of the virus. WHAT ARE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES REVIEWING? Biden ordered a review of what the White House said was an initial finding leading to “two likely scenarios,” an animal-to-human transmission or a lab leak. The White House statement says two agencies in the 18-member intelligence community...

University of Michigan, and Richard Muller, emeritus professor of physics at the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, June 6, that there are two factors strongly suggesting a lab origin of the outbreak that has infected more than 174 million people worldwide. “The presence of the double CGG sequence is strong evidence of gene splicing, and the absence of diversity in the public outbreak suggests gain-of-function acceleration. The scientific evidence points to the conclusion that the virus was developed in a laboratory,” the pair wrote. Gain-of-function researchers’ sequence of choice appear...