Origins

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People who believe the novel coronavirus was the result of a lab experiment don't have any evidence to support their theory.

Unfounded claims about SARS-CoV-2’s origin continue to circulate, further complicating efforts to maintain a constructive, evidence-based public discourse.

This article will review the evidence against the Wuhan COVID-19 lab leak theory that is being pushed by many people.

A study by the University of Edinburgh suggests Covid-19 did not originate in China’s Wuhan but evolved naturally in the bat population in northern Laos and China’s Yunnan province. The study, now published in the peer-reviewed journal Cell, challenges the ’lab-leak’ theory championed by US President Donald Trump. Here’s what it says

With genetic samples from the infamous Wuhan market, a new study makes the case that raccoon dogs are likely the animal that infected humans. Proponents of the lab leak theory are dubious.

A pair of recently published studies found that the virus was likely transmitted to people from an animal.

A trio of researchers claimed they found likely evidence that the virus that causes Covid-19 was synthetic. And then scientists went to work picking the theory apart.

More than five years on, studies suggest the animal is the most likely culprit, but other candidates haven't been ruled out.