World-renowned medical journal The Lancet, coronavirus published a critical article outlining the possibility that the corona may have been caused by a pathogen leaking from a lab in the USA, as a result of two years of research into the pandemic.
The article includes 58 pages of opinions written by 28 scientists around the world.
In the article, the cause of Covid-19 virus the one which… SARS-CoV-2 that it may have come from a natural spread event (hopping from animals to humans) or a laboratory leak.possible“It was stated.
BOMB CLAIM: “FROM US LABORATORIES”
The study cites laboratories in Wuhan, China, where Covid-19 was initially reported to have jumped from animals to humans in a market. However, the article also refers to US laboratories as “that independent researchers have not yet investigated” and notes that the National Institutes of Health resisted disclosing details of their work on viruses related to SARS-CoV.
Jeffrey Sachs, chairman of the Lancet Commission and economist at Columbia University, said he was quite convinced that the virus came from a US biotechnology lab, not from nature.
Sachs told the news site Politico last July that the virus “most likely exited a US-sponsored laboratory research program“He said he was thinking.
Sachs, “Of course, a natural spread is also possible. Both hypotheses can be applied at this stage” said.
DISCUSSION CREATED DISCUSSION
On the other hand, Sachs’ statements created controversy among scientists. In August, Sachs also came under fire after comparing vaccine imperatives to the Holocaust in a program presented by the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., former attorney general and son of the New York Senator of the same name.
Angela Rasmussen, a virologist with the Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Organization of Canada, said:This may be one of The Lancet’s most embarrassing moments regarding its leading role in communicating important scientific and medical findings. It’s quite shocking that the report “ignored evidence of how Covid-19 originated”” said.
David Robertson, Professor of the Center for Virus Research at the University of Glasgow, said:It is truly disappointing to see such an influential report with the potential to contribute to further misinformation on such an important topic. It is true that there is varying evidence on the natural origins side, for example of related intermediate species, but this does not mean that there is any basis for wild speculations involving US laboratories.” said.
Sachs, on the other hand, said that he was behind his previous statements on the subject. Personally on how SARS-CoV-2 emerged”supervised this part of the study.” told.
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