When Politics Trumps Facts

‘They (the U.S.) have been saying that for almost a year. If there is real evidence, then it’s the responsibility of the U.S. to share it,” Marion Koopmans, a top virologist, told the BBC on May 27, when asked about her opinion on a recent U.S. report claiming it was “plausible” that the coronavirus had been leaked from a Wuhan lab.

“The possibility of a lab accident or even a manipulation, was discussed with colleagues, and we’ve published our findings,” Koopmans, part of the World Health Organization (WHO) field visit team to Wuhan in January and February investigating