‘Tit for tat’ Why hunt for Covid’s origins is still mired in politics and controversy

In late July 2021, Robert Garry, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Tulane medical school in Louisiana, got a call from his university management, telling him that agents from the FBI and CIA had requested a chat about his research into the origins of Covid-19. Garry agreed and three agents flew down to Louisiana to talk to him in person.

“I presented my evidence to the agents, who were properly trained scientists themselves. They asked all the right questions,” Garry said. “I told them: there is no way this virus could have been a manufactured weapon. There is also no evidence