Origins of Covid-19 need to be investigated further, leading scientists say

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The origin of the novel coronavirus is still unclear and there is not yet enough evidence to say conclusively if it occurred naturally or was caused by a laboratory leak, a group of leading scientists said in a letter.

The novel coronavirus, which emerged in China in late 2019, has killed 3.34 million people, cost the world trillions of dollars in lost income and upended daily life for billions of people.

“Theories of accidental release from a lab and zoonotic spillover both remain viable,” the scientists including David Relman, professor of microbiology at Stanford, said in a letter to the journal Science.

 

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While they r investigating, it will also be interesting to note how is it the country of origin experienced the least disruption and low death rate,no multiple waves, or new variants.

Well...let's start with the obvious...Wuhan is in China...the virus came from Wuhan...now : do I hear an apology and/or talk of compensation from the chinese ? 😡

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