COVID origins: Why is the lab leak hypothesis getting a fresh look?
Although many scientists still lean toward the hypothesis that the coronavirus was transmitted from bats to humans in nature, likely through an intermediary animal, an increasing number say the lab leak hypothesis merits further examination.
What is the lab leak hypothesis?The main one under discussion posits that the pandemic began with an accidental leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), where scientists were studying new coronaviruses about 9 miles from the wet market that China deemed
Why was it widely dismissed early on?Has new evidence come to light? What are the next steps?
