This scientist now believes covid started in Wuhan’s wet market. Here’s why.

[j brown's body]

Michael Worobey hasn’t always been certain about where covid originated. During the pandemic, the University of Arizona professor has studied how the virus changes over time, and was among a group of 18 influential scientists who signed a letter in May calling for further investigation to help prove or disprove the theory that SARS-CoV-2 emerged through a possible lab accident.

Now he’s published a new study in Science that suggests that the earliest diagnosed covid case was incorrectly understood—and that Wuhan’s Huanan wet market was almost certainly the site of a spillover of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from animals to humans, rather than a lab leak. His intervention, and growing confidence in the natural spillover idea, is likely to re-ignite the debate around the hunt for the origins of covid.

Drawing on myriad sources, including peer-reviewed papers, insights from epidemiologists who had access to first-hand information, and media reports, he tried to determine whether bias crept in when clinicians in Wuhan were trying to understand the viral outbreak. What he found—not only that there was no obvious bias, but also that many of the first diagnosed cases of covid were either people who worked at the market or lived nearby—has settled his mind that the virus is unlikely to have emerged from a lab leak and that the market was the site of a spillover from animals.

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Others disagree, of course. We may never really be sure.

 

[TheParser]

We may never really be sure.

The big boys (and girls) may already know, but they ain't gonna tell us little people.

Besides, divulging such info might jeopardize their financial connections with the culprit.

So the culprit will get away with destroying the world for the last two years.

And, of course, "democratic" nations have used the pandemic as the perfect excuse to assume authoritarian powers.

The big boys (and girls) always win.

 

[Napoleon]

Michael Worobey hasn’t always been certain about where covid originated. During the pandemic, the University of Arizona professor has studied how the virus changes over time, and was among a group of 18 influential scientists who signed a letter in May calling for further investigation to help prove or disprove the theory that SARS-CoV-2 emerged through a possible lab accident.

Now he’s published a new study in Science that suggests that the earliest diagnosed covid case was incorrectly understood—and that Wuhan’s Huanan wet market was almost certainly the site of a spillover of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from animals to humans, rather than a lab leak. His intervention, and growing confidence in the natural spillover idea, is likely to re-ignite the debate around the hunt for the origins of covid.

Drawing on myriad sources, including peer-reviewed papers, insights from epidemiologists who had access to first-hand information, and media reports, he tried to determine whether bias crept in when clinicians in Wuhan were trying to understand the viral outbreak. What he found—not only that there was no obvious bias, but also that many of the first diagnosed cases of covid were either people who worked at the market or lived nearby—has settled his mind that the virus is unlikely to have emerged from a lab leak and that the market was the site of a spillover from animals.

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Others disagree, of course. We may never really be sure.

The Wuhan lab, infamous for unnecessarily dangerous experiments and poor enforcement of containment protocols, is literally across the street from the wet market. Both are possible explanations but the lab leak theory requires less coincidence. In any case, it’s impossible to determine the truth without more cooperation from the Chinese government.

 

[Slavister]

The Wuhan lab, infamous for unnecessarily dangerous experiments and poor enforcement of containment protocols, is literally across the street from the wet market.

Why post lies? Or you just don't check your sources that are full of lies?

 

[Mongidig]

My oh my some people are going to owe Fauci a big apology.

I will start. I'm sorry Dr. Fauci. I thought for sure this was a lab leak caused by you. I was wrong.

OK Current Trumpers your turn.

 

[ALiberalModerate]

The Wuhan lab, infamous for unnecessarily dangerous experiments and poor enforcement of containment protocols, is literally across the street from the wet market. Both are possible explanations but the lab leak theory requires less coincidence. In any case, it’s impossible to determine the truth without more cooperation from the Chinese government.

That isn't the case, its halfway across town. Moreover, anyone that thinks this could not have started in a Chinese wet market has never been to a Chinese wet market.